Search Result for "pick_up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (16)

1. take and lift upward;
[syn: pick up, lift up, gather up]

2. take up by hand;
- Example: "He picked up the book and started to read"

3. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift;
- Example: "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"

4. gather or collect;
- Example: "You can get the results on Monday"
- Example: "She picked up the children at the day care center"
- Example: "They pick up our trash twice a week"
[syn: collect, pick up, gather up, call for]

5. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;
- Example: "I learned that she has two grown-up children"
- Example: "I see that you have been promoted"
[syn: learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see]

6. get in addition, as an increase;
- Example: "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"

7. take into custody;
- Example: "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
[syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop]

8. buy casually or spontaneously;
- Example: "I picked up some food for a snack"

9. register (perceptual input);
- Example: "pick up a signal"
[syn: pick up, receive]

10. lift out or reflect from a background;
- Example: "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"
- Example: "His eyes picked up his smile"

11. meet someone for sexual purposes;
- Example: "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"

12. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism;
- Example: "Music can uplift your spirits"
[syn: elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate]

13. improve significantly; go from bad to good;
- Example: "Her performance in school picked up"
[syn: turn around, pick up]

14. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily;
- Example: "I caught the aroma of coffee"
- Example: "He caught the allusion in her glance"
- Example: "ears open to catch every sound"
- Example: "The dog picked up the scent"
- Example: "Catch a glimpse"
[syn: catch, pick up]

15. eat by pecking at, like a bird;
[syn: peck, pick up]

16. gain or regain energy;
- Example: "I picked up after a nap"
[syn: perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pick up
    v 1: take and lift upward [syn: pick up, 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, pick up, 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, pick up, 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,
       pick up, nab, cop]
    8: buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a
       snack"
    9: register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" [syn: pick
       up, 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,
        pick up, intoxicate] [ant: cast down, deject,
        demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit,
        get down]
    13: improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance
        in school picked up" [syn: turn around, pick up]
    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, pick
        up]
    15: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: peck, pick up]
    16: gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" [syn: perk
        up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor]