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}]
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