pick over

1. 1.

   separate or remove

   “The customer picked over the selection”

   Synonymssieve out

   Broaderchoose

Questions about pick over

What does pick over mean?

pick over means "separate or remove".

What is another word for pick over?

Close synonyms include sieve out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pick over a common word?

pick over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.