hand-picked

See also: handpicked

English

Etymology

From hand + picked.

Adjective

hand-picked (not comparable)

(of fruit, etc) picked by hand rather than by machinery
(by extension, of people) specially selected because of their individual characteristics or talents

Translations

picked by hand

French: récolté à la main, cueilli manuellement
Norwegian:
Bokmål: håndplukket

Portuguese: colhido à mão
Swedish: handplockad

specially selected

French: trié sur le volet (fr)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: håndplukket, håndplukka, handplukket, handplukka

Nynorsk: handplukka

Portuguese: escolhido a dedo (of people, objects, etc)
Swedish: handplockad

Verb

hand-picked

simple past tense and past participle of hand-pick

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