Pick |
Sort |
Glean |
Gather |
Select |
Garner |
Winnow |
Reject |
Choose! |
Weed out |
Pick out |
Pick over |
Cherry-pick |
Sift through |
Separate out |
Pick through |
Pluck pickily |
Remove the weak |
Select the best |
Choose the best |
Get the best of |
Pick and choose |
Choose carefully |
Gather carefully |
Select with care |
Carefully select |
Select carefully |
Extract with care |
Select and gather |
Choose the best of |
Selectively remove |
Gather selectively |
Choose from a group |
Look for and gather |
Thin out, as a herd |
Select from a group |
Choose what's choice |
Gather — slaughter |
Pick out from others |
Choose for downsizing |
Choose what is choice |
Gather discriminately |
Selectively eliminate |
Carefully select and gather |
Put aside the inferior ones |
Pick the pick of the litter |
Obtain from a variety of sources |
Pick the pick of the litter, e.g. |
Separate, as the wheat from the chaff |
Reduce the population by selective slaughter |