select

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To take as a choice from among several; pick out.
2. v. To make a choice or selection.
3. adj. Singled out in preference; chosen: a select few.
4. adj. Of special quality or value; choice: select peaches.
5. adj. Of or relating to a lean grade of beef.
6. adj. Careful or refined in making selections; discriminating.
7. n. One that is chosen in preference to others or because of special value.
8. n. Chosen or preferred items or people considered as a group. Often used with the.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To choose or pick out from a number; pick out; choose: as, to select the best; to select a site for a monument.
2. Synonyms To Elect, Prefer, etc. (see choose), single out, fix upon, pitch upon.
3. To conduct artificial selection methodically. See second quotation under methodical selection, below.
4. Chosen on account of special excellence or fitness; carefully picked or selected; hence, choice; composed of or containing the best, choicest, or most desirable: as, select poems; a select party; a select neighborhood.
5. Careful or fastidious in choice, or in associating with others; exclusive; also, made with or exhibiting carefulness or fastidiousness.
6. = Syn.1. Picked. See choose.
7. n. That which is selected or choice.
8. n. Selection.
9. To select and take up (land) under the land act; free-select. See free-selection.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Privileged, specially selected.
2. adj. Of high quality; top-notch.
3. v. To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.
2. v. To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
2. adj. selected or chosen for special qualifications
3. adj. of superior grade