pick out

(verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives. Synonyms: choose, take, select, pick out. Examples: "Take any one of these cards." "Choose a good husband for your daughter." "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her."

(verb) detect with the senses. Synonyms: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart. Examples: "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards." "I can't make out the faces in this photograph."