Define the word pick up"pick up" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
pick up
v 1: take and lift upward [syn: lift up, gather up]
2: take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"
3: give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a
hitchhiker on the highway"
4: 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, gather up, call for]
5: 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, find out, get a line, discover, see]
6: get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up
thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
7: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest,
nab, cop]
8: buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a
snack"
9: recieve (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" [syn: receive]
10: lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up
the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
11: meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick
up girls in bars"
12: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can
uplift your spirits" [syn: elate, lift up, uplift,
intoxicate] [ant: depress]
13: get better; "Her performance in school picked up" [syn: turn around]
14: 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]
15: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: peck]
16: gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" [syn: perk up, perk, percolate, gain vigor]
"pick up" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
195 Moby Thesaurus words for "pick up":
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
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