- pick up
- v
- take and lift upward [syn: pick up, lift up, {gather
up}]
- take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"
- give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
- 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"
Synonym(s): collect, pick up, gather up, call for
- 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"
Synonym(s): learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
- get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
- take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
Synonym(s): collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop
- buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"
- register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
Synonym(s): pick up, receive
- lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
- meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
Synonym(s): elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
Antonym(s): cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down
- improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"
Synonym(s): turn around, 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"
Synonym(s): catch, pick up
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
Synonym(s): peck, pick up
- gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
Synonym(s): perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor
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