Definition of pick up Pick up
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What does pick up mean?
WordNet
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| pick up - register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" | ||
| receive | ||
| perceive, comprehend become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest" | ||
| hear receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years" | ||
| pick up - buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack" | ||
| purchase, buy accept as true; "I can't buy this story" | ||
| commercialism, mercantilism, commerce an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | ||
| pick up - give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway" | ||
| transport move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" | ||
| pick up - meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars" | ||
| get together, meet contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" | ||
| pick up - lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile" | ||
| set off, bring out set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start" | ||
| pick up - take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read" | ||
| touch comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem" | ||
| pick up - take and lift upward | ||
| lift up, gather up | ||
| elevate, bring up, get up, lift, raise cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock" | ||
| pick up - get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home" | ||
| acquire, get win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" | ||
| pick up - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" | ||
| elate, lift up, uplift, intoxicate | ||
| cast down, deject, dispirit, demoralise, dismay, demoralize, depress, get down fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" | ||
| shake up, stimulate, excite, stir, shake cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" | ||
| beatify declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican" | ||
| puff blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" | ||
| exhilarate, tickle pink, beatify, inebriate, exalt, thrill fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" | ||
| pick up - 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, find out, get a line, discover, see | ||
| get the goods discover some bad or hidden information about; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail" | ||
| wise up get wise to; "They wised up to it" | ||
| trip up, catch detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator" | ||
| ascertain learn or discover with certainty | ||
| discover, find make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" | ||
| witness, find, see be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court" | ||
| pick up - take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" | ||
| collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, nab, cop | ||
| prehend, clutch, seize affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" | ||
| pick up - eat by pecking at, like a bird | ||
| peck | ||
| eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" | ||
| pick up - 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, gather up, call for | ||
| acquire, get win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" | ||
| pick up - gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" | ||
| perk up, perk, percolate, gain vigor | ||
| convalesce, recuperate, recover get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" | ||
| pick up - 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 | ||
| perceive, comprehend become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest" | ||
| pick up - improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up" | ||
| turn around | ||
| ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better get better; "The weather improved toward evening" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pick up (Noun)
An impromptu athletic game. - pick up (Noun)
The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle. The time the act occurs. - pick up (Noun)
An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also pick-up line , pick-up joint , pickup artist . - pick up (Noun)
A pickup truck . - pick up (Noun)
A half-volley. - pick up (Verb)
To lift; to grasp and raise. - pick up (Verb)
To collect an object, especially in passing. - pick up (Verb)
To clean up ; to return to an organized state. - pick up (Verb)
To collect a passenger. - pick up (Verb)
To collect and detain a suspect. - pick up (Verb)
To restart or resume. - pick up (Verb)
To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand. - pick up (Verb)
To receive a radio signal or the like. - pick up (Verb)
To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on". - pick up (Verb)
To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation. - pick up (Verb)
To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone . - pick up (Verb)
To pay for. - pick up (Verb)
To reduce the despondency of. - pick up (Verb)
To take control physically of something. - pick up (Verb)
To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely. - pick up (Verb)
To record, to notch up .
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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(For a bird) To eat by small pieces with one's beak or bill. -
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To respond to an incoming telephone call. -
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To perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily (e.g. an aroma, an allusion, etc.). -
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To lift; to grasp and raise; to collect.
