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pick up in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. take into custody
    "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
    collar  nail  apprehend  arrest  pick up  nab  cop 
  2. gather or collect
    "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
    collect  pick up  gather up  call for 
  3. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
    "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse"
    catch  pick up 
  4. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
    "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
    learn  hear  get word  get wind  pick up  find out  get a line  discover  see 
  5. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
    "Music can uplift your spirits"
    elate  lift up  uplift  pick up  intoxicate 
  6. gain or regain energy
    "I picked up after a nap"
    perk up  perk  percolate  pick up  gain vigor 
  7. take and lift upward
    pick up  lift up  gather up 
  8. eat by pecking at, like a bird
    peck  pick up 
  9. improve significantly; go from bad to good
    "Her performance in school picked up"
    turn around  pick up 
  10. lift out or reflect from a background
    "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
    pick up 
  11. take up by hand
    "He picked up the book and started to read"
    pick up 
  12. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
    "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
    pick up 
  13. register (perceptual input)
    "pick up a signal"
    pick up  receive 
  14. buy casually or spontaneously
    "I picked up some food for a snack"
    pick up 
  15. get in addition, as an increase
    "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
    pick up 
  16. meet someone for sexual purposes
    "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
    pick up 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


pick up in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
  2. (verb) (transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing.
  3. (verb) (transitive/or/intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.
  4. (verb) (transitive) To collect a passenger.
  5. (verb) (intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up.
  6. (verb) (intransitive) To restart or resume.
  7. (verb) (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.
  8. (verb) (transitive) To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on".
  9. (verb) (transitive) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation, sometimes used with "on".
  10. (verb) (transitive/or/intransitive) To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone.
  11. (verb) Of a signal, to receive.
  12. (verb) To pay for.
  13. (noun) (attributive) An impromptu athletic game.
  14. (noun) The act of picking up something or someone.
  15. (noun) (US) A pickup truck.
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