Pick Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 2
Lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 3
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".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 4
Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 5
Take and lift upward.
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 6
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".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 7
Improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 8
Take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Meaning 9
Get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 10
Buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 11
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".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 12
Take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 13
Register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 14
Give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 15
Eat by pecking at, like a bird.
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Verbs of eating and drinking.
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Meaning 16
Gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.