to look through things to find what you want
перебирать вещи, чтобы найти то, что ты хочешь (perebirat' veshchi, chtoby nayti to, chto ty khochesh')
"He picked through the old books looking for his favorite one."
"Он перебирал старые книги в поисках своей любимой." (On perebiral starye knigi v poisakah svoey lyubimoy)
to try to achieve or obtain something with effort
to move or change focus, method, or responsibility
to make modifications to deal with new circumstances
to generate income or revenue
to introduce changes to improve a system or policy
to originate or come from something
