handpick

English

Alternative forms

• hand-pick

Etymology

From hand +‎ pick.

Verb

handpick (third-person singular simple present handpicks, present participle handpicking, simple past and past participle handpicked)

1. (transitive) To pick or harvest by hand.
2. (transitive) To select carefully and with individual attention.

   Each year they handpick seven candidates for next year's committee.

Synonyms

• hand-select

Derived terms

• handpick out

Related terms

• hand-carry, hand carry, handcarry
• hand-deliver, hand deliver
• hand-feed, handfeed
• hand-knit, hand knit, handknit
• handmake
• hand-raise
• hand-wash, hand wash

Translations

To select carefully with individual attention

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: падбіраць impf (padbiracʹ), падабраць pf (padabracʹ) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: poimia (fi), valita (fi) French: please add this translation if you can German: von Hand verlesen, von Hand lesen, sorgfältig auswählen Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Polish: dobierać (pl) impf, dobrać (pl) pf Portuguese: escolher a dedo, selecionar (pt) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: подбирать (ru) impf (podbiratʹ), подобрать (ru) pf (podobratʹ) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can