Verb

• S: (v) pick up (pick_up%2:38:01::), lift up (lift_up%2:38:00::), gather up (gather_up%2:38:00::) (take and lift upward)
• S: (v) pick up (pick_up%2:35:01::) (take up by hand) "He picked up the book and started to read"
• S: (v) pick up (pick_up%2:38:00::) (give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift) "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
• S: (v) collect (collect%2:40:03::), pick up (pick_up%2:40:01::), gather up (gather_up%2:40:00::), call for (call_for%2:40:00::) (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"
• S: (v) learn (learn%2:31:01::), hear (hear%2:31:00::), get word (get_word%2:31:00::), get wind (get_wind%2:31:01::), pick up (pick_up%2:31:00::), find out (find_out%2:31:00::), get a line (get_a_line%2:31:00::), discover (discover%2:31:01::), see (see%2:31:02::) (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"
• S: (v) pick up (pick_up%2:40:02::) (get in addition, as an increase) "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
• S: (v) collar (collar%2:35:00::), nail (nail%2:35:01::), apprehend (apprehend%2:35:00::), arrest (arrest%2:35:00::), pick up (pick_up%2:35:00::), nab (nab%2:35:00::), cop (cop%2:35:00::) (take into custody) "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
• S: (v) pick up (pick_up%2:40:00::) (buy casually or spontaneously) "I picked up some food for a snack"
• S: (v) pick up (pick_up%2:39:01::), receive (receive%2:39:00::) (register (perceptual input)) "pick up a signal"
• S: (v) pick up (pick_up%2:30:01::) (lift out or reflect from a background) "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
• S: (v) pick up (pick_up%2:41:00::) (meet someone for sexual purposes) "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
• S: (v) elate (elate%2:37:00::), lift up (lift_up%2:37:00::), uplift (uplift%2:37:00::), pick up (pick_up%2:37:00::), intoxicate (intoxicate%2:37:00::) (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism) "Music can uplift your spirits"
• S: (v) turn around (turn_around%2:30:00::), pick up (pick_up%2:30:00::) (improve significantly; go from bad to good) "Her performance in school picked up"
• S: (v) catch (catch%2:39:01::), pick up (pick_up%2:39:00::) (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"
• S: (v) peck (peck%2:34:00::), pick up (pick_up%2:34:00::) (eat by pecking at, like a bird)
• S: (v) perk up (perk_up%2:29:00::), perk (perk%2:29:00::), percolate (percolate%2:29:00::), pick up (pick_up%2:29:00::), gain vigor (gain_vigor%2:29:00::) (gain or regain energy) "I picked up after a nap"