handpick

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To pick or harvest by hand.
2. verb To select carefully and with individual attention.

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

Similar words

picked opted pick out pick pluck up pick off outpick pick and choose sort pick over

Often followed by

the a his and their them your or those adults

Word family

handpicked handpicking handpicks