'pick up' definitions:
Definition of 'pick up'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
Take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"
verb
Give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
verb
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" [syn: collect, pick up, gather up, call for]
verb
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" [syn: learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see]
verb
Get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
verb
Take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop]
verb
Buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"
verb
Register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" [syn: pick up, receive]
verb
Lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
verb
Meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
verb
Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" [syn: elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate] [ant: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down]
verb
Improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up" [syn: turn around, pick up]
verb
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" [syn: catch, pick up]
verb
Eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: peck, pick up]
verb
Gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" [syn: perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor]
Synonyms of 'pick up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accumulate,
- acquire,
- advance,
- amass,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- animate,
- annex,
- apprehend,
- arrest,
- assemble,
- book,
- boost,
- brace,
- brace up,
- brighten,
- bring,
- bring back,
- bring together,
- brisk,
- brisken,
- buck up,
- buoy up,
- bust,
- call for,
- capture,
- chalk up,
- chase after,
- cheer,
- chirk up,
- collar,
- collect,
- come along,
- come on,
- compass,
- continue,
- convalesce,
- cull,
- descry,
- detain,
- detect,
- develop,
- dig up,
- discern,
- distinguish,
- drag up,
- draw up,
- dredge,
- dredge up,
- elevate,
- encourage,
- enliven,
- espy,
- exhilarate,
- fetch,
- fetch and carry,
- fillip,
- fish up,
- fortify,
- fresh up,
- freshen,
- freshen up,
- gain,
- gain ground,
- gain strength,
- galvanize,
- garner,
- gather,
- gather in,
- gather up,
- get,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- get better,
- get in,
- get together,
- give a lift,
- gladden,
- glean,
- go after,
- go ahead,
- go and get,
- go fetch,
- go for,
- go forward,
- go get,
- go to get,
- grab,
- graduate,
- grow better,
- grub,
- grub up,
- haul up,
- have,
- hearten,
- hoist,
- home on,
- identify,
- improve,
- infuse life into,
- inspire,
- inspirit,
- invigorate,
- jazz up,
- land,
- liven,
- look up,
- make an arrest,
- make headway,
- make out,
- make progress,
- make strides,
- map,
- master,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- nab,
- net,
- notice,
- obtain,
- perceive,
- perk up,
- pick,
- pinch,
- pinpoint,
- pique,
- pluck,
- pluck up,
- procure,
- progress,
- provoke,
- pull in,
- put under arrest,
- quicken,
- raise,
- rake up,
- rally,
- reanimate,
- rear,
- receive,
- recognize,
- recommence,
- recreate,
- recruit,
- recuperate,
- refresh,
- refreshen,
- regale,
- reinvigorate,
- rejoice,
- rejoice the heart,
- renew,
- reopen,
- resuscitate,
- retrieve,
- revive,
- revivify,
- round up,
- run after,
- run in,
- scan,
- scare up,
- scrape together,
- scrape up,
- secure,
- see,
- seize,
- sense,
- set up,
- shag,
- shape up,
- sharpen,
- show improvement,
- skyrocket,
- sleep it off,
- spot,
- spy,
- stimulate,
- sweep,
- take captive,
- take in,
- take into custody,
- take off,
- take prisoner,
- take up,
- trigger,
- tune in,
- turn the corner,
- uphold,
- uplift,
- upraise,
- uprear,
- vitalize,
- vivify,
- whet
Words containing 'pick up'
- Pick,
- Pick off,
- Picked,
- Picked out,
- Picking,
- To pick at,
- To pick off,
- To pick out,
- To pick up,
- pick at,
- pick out,
- pick over,
- pickings,
- A bone to pick,
- Ice pick,
- Mill pick,
- Pick City,
- Pick dressing,
- Pick hammer,
- Pick-me-up,
- Pick-up,
- Picked dogfish,
- Picking peg,
- Poll pick,
- To pick a bone with,
- To pick a crow,
- To pick a quarrel,
- To pick a thank,
- To pick to pieces,
- guitar pick,
- nit picking,
- pick apart,
- pick to pieces,
- pick up the gauntlet,
- pick's disease,
- pick-off,
- slim pickings,
- Pick City, ND,
- Pick-fault,
- hand-pick,
- hand-picked,
- niemann-pick disease