"handpick" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: handpicks [present, singular, third-person], handpicking [participle, present], handpicked [participle, past], handpicked [past]
Etymology: hand + pick Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|pick}} hand + pick Head templates: {{en-verb}} handpick (third-person singular simple present handpicks, present participle handpicking, simple past and past participle handpicked)
  1. To pick or harvest by hand.
    Sense id: en-handpick-en-verb-3sXhDD2v
  2. To select carefully and with individual attention. Translations (To select carefully with individual attention): падбіраць (padbiracʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), падабраць (padabracʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), poimia (Finnish), valita (Finnish), von Hand verlesen (German), von Hand lesen (German), sorgfältig auswählen (German), dobierać [imperfective] (Polish), dobrać [perfective] (Polish), escolher a dedo (Portuguese), selecionar (Portuguese), подбирать (podbiratʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подобрать (podobratʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-handpick-en-verb-ARV8fUSN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'To select carefully with individual attention': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand-pick

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      "word": "sorgfältig auswählen"
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      "sense": "To select carefully with individual attention",
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      "sense": "To select carefully with individual attention",
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