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Definition of Pick up
1. Verb. Take and lift upward.
2. Verb. Take up by hand. "He picked up the book and started to read"
Generic synonyms: Touch
3. Verb. Give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift. "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
4. Verb. Gather or collect. "They pick up our trash twice a week"
5. Verb. Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. "They pick up that there was a traffic accident "; "I see that you have been promoted"
Exact synonyms: Discover, Find Out, Get A Line, Get Wind, Get Word, Hear, Learn, See
Specialized synonyms: Get The Goods, Wise Up, Catch, Trip Up, Ascertain, Discover, Find
Related verbs: Find, See, Witness
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery, Discovery
Specialized synonyms: Get The Goods, Wise Up, Catch, Trip Up, Ascertain, Discover, Find
Related verbs: Find, See, Witness
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery, Discovery
6. Verb. Get in addition, as an increase. "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
7. Verb. Take into custody. "The police nabbed the suspected criminals"
Exact synonyms: Apprehend, Arrest, Collar, Cop, Nab, Nail
Generic synonyms: Clutch, Prehend, Seize
Derivative terms: Apprehender, Apprehension, Arrest, Collar, Cop, Pickup
Generic synonyms: Clutch, Prehend, Seize
Derivative terms: Apprehender, Apprehension, Arrest, Collar, Cop, Pickup
8. Verb. Buy casually or spontaneously. "The men pick up the chairs"; "I picked up some food for a snack"
Category relationships: Commerce, Commercialism, Mercantilism
Generic synonyms: Buy, Purchase
Derivative terms: Pickup
Generic synonyms: Buy, Purchase
Derivative terms: Pickup
9. Verb. Register (perceptual input). "They pick up the information to them"; "Pick up a signal"
Exact synonyms: Receive
Generic synonyms: Comprehend, Perceive
Specialized synonyms: Hear
Derivative terms: Receiver, Receptive, Receptor
Generic synonyms: Comprehend, Perceive
Specialized synonyms: Hear
Derivative terms: Receiver, Receptive, Receptor
10. Verb. Lift out or reflect from a background. "His eyes picked up his smile"
11. Verb. Meet someone for sexual purposes. "He always tries to pick up girls in bars"
12. Verb. Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. "The performance is likely to pick up Sue"; "Music can uplift your spirits"
Exact synonyms: Elate, Intoxicate, Lift Up, Uplift
Generic synonyms: Excite, Shake, Shake Up, Stimulate, Stir
Specialized synonyms: Beatify, Puff, Beatify, Exalt, Exhilarate, Inebriate, Thrill, Tickle Pink
Causes: Joy, Rejoice
Antonyms: Depress
Derivative terms: Elation, Elation, Intoxication
Generic synonyms: Excite, Shake, Shake Up, Stimulate, Stir
Specialized synonyms: Beatify, Puff, Beatify, Exalt, Exhilarate, Inebriate, Thrill, Tickle Pink
Causes: Joy, Rejoice
Antonyms: Depress
Derivative terms: Elation, Elation, Intoxication
13. Verb. Improve significantly; go from bad to good. "Her performance in school picked up"
14. Verb. Perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily. "Catch a glimpse"
15. Verb. Eat by pecking at, like a bird.
16. Verb. Gain or regain energy. "I picked up after a nap"
Exact synonyms: Gain Vigor, Percolate, Perk, Perk Up
Generic synonyms: Convalesce, Recover, Recuperate
Derivative terms: Pickup
Generic synonyms: Convalesce, Recover, Recuperate
Derivative terms: Pickup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pick Up
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