pick up

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• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  take and lift upward

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  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"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  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"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  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"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  eat by pecking at, like a bird

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  pick up — verb — english

  gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"