 pick_up |
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| 1. | [ verb ] take and lift upward | |
| Synonyms: | gather_up lift_up | |
| Related terms: | raise | |
| 2. | [ verb ] take up by hand | |
| Examples: | "He picked up the book and started to read" |
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| Related terms: | touch | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (transportation) give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift | |
| Examples: | "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway" |
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| Related terms: | transport pickup | |
| 4. | [ verb ] gather or collect | |
| Synonyms: | collect gather_up call_for | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | get pickup | |
| 5. | [ verb ] get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | |
| Synonyms: | hear learn see discover find_out get_word get_a_line get_wind | |
| Examples: | "I learned that she has two grown-up children" "I see that you have been promoted" |
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| Related terms: | discover trip_up wise_up get_the_goods ascertain witness discovery discovery | |
| 6. | [ verb ] get in addition, as an increase | |
| Examples: | "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home" |
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| Related terms: | get | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (law,criminal law) take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police | |
| Synonyms: | arrest nail nab collar apprehend cop | |
| Related terms: | clutch seize bull apprehension apprehender | |
| 8. | [ verb ] of perceptual input: receive a signal, receive news, receive a verdict, etc. | |
| Synonyms: | receive | |
| Related terms: | perceive hear receiver | |
| 9. | [ verb ] buy casually or spontaneously | |
| Examples: | "I picked up some food for a snack" |
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| Related terms: | buy commerce | |
| 10. | [ verb ] lift out or reflect from a background, as of a color | |
| Examples: | "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt" "His eyes picked up his smile" |
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| Related terms: | emphasize | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (sexuality) meet someone for sexual purposes | |
| Examples: | "he always tries to pick up girls in bars" |
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| Related terms: | meet pickup | |
| 12. | [ verb ] fill with high spirits; fill with optimism | |
| Synonyms: | elate uplift lift_up intoxicate | |
| Examples: | "Music can uplift your spirits" |
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| Related terms: | depress stimulate exhilarate beatify puff elation rejoice | |
| 13. | [ verb ] get better | |
| Synonyms: | turn_around | |
| Examples: | "Her performance in school picked up" |
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| Related terms: | better | |
| 14. | [ verb ] (food) eat by pecking at; of birds | |
| Synonyms: | peck | |
| Related terms: | eat beak | |
| 15. | [ verb ] perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily | |
| Synonyms: | catch | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | perceive | |
| 16. | [ verb ] gain or regain energy | |
| Synonyms: | perk_up gain_vigor percolate perk | |
| Examples: | "I picked up after a nap" |
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| Related terms: | recuperate pickup | |
| Similar spelling: |
pickup piss-up Piscopo pick_off |
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