| pick up | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. gather up, lift up, pick up | take and lift upward. |
| ~ lift, elevate, raise, get up, bring up | raise from a lower to a higher position.; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
| v. (contact) | 2. pick up | take up by hand.; "He picked up the book and started to read" |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| v. (motion) | 3. pick up | give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift.; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway" |
| ~ transport | move something or somebody around; usually over long distances. |
| v. (possession) | 4. call for, collect, gather up, pick up | 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" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see | 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" |
| ~ get the goods | discover some bad or hidden information about.; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail" |
| ~ wise up | get wise to.; "They wised up to it" |
| ~ trip up, catch | detect a blunder or misstep.; "The reporter tripped up the senator" |
| ~ ascertain | learn or discover with certainty. |
| ~ discover, find | make a discovery.; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" |
| ~ witness, see, find | perceive or be contemporaneous with.; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" |
| v. (possession) | 6. pick up | get in addition, as an increase.; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| v. (contact) | 7. apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up | take into custody.; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" |
| ~ clutch, prehend, seize | take hold of; grab.; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" |
| v. (possession) | 8. pick up | buy casually or spontaneously.; "I picked up some food for a snack" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ buy, purchase | obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction.; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" |
| v. (perception) | 9. pick up, receive | register (perceptual input).; "pick up a signal" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ hear | receive a communication from someone.; "We heard nothing from our son for five years" |
| v. (change) | 10. pick up | lift out or reflect from a background.; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile" |
| ~ set off, bring out | direct attention to, as if by means of contrast.; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets" |
| v. (social) | 11. pick up | meet someone for sexual purposes.; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars" |
| ~ get together, meet | get together socially or for a specific purpose. |
| v. (emotion) | 12. elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift | fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.; "Music can uplift your spirits" |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ beatify | make blessedly happy. |
| ~ puff | make proud or conceited.; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" |
| ~ beatify, exhilarate, inebriate, tickle pink, exalt, thrill | fill with sublime emotion.; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" |
| ~ joy, rejoice | feel happiness or joy. |
| v. (change) | 13. pick up, turn around | improve significantly; go from bad to good.; "Her performance in school picked up" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better | get better.; "The weather improved toward evening" |
| v. (perception) | 14. catch, 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" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| v. (consumption) | 15. peck, pick up | eat by pecking at, like a bird. |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| v. (body) | 16. gain vigor, percolate, perk, perk up, pick up | gain or regain energy.; "I picked up after a nap" |
| ~ convalesce, recover, recuperate | get over an illness or shock.; "The patient is recuperating" |
| almost | | |
| adv. | 1. about, almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" |
| nearly | | |
| adv. | 1. closely, intimately, nearly | in a close manner.; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" |
| drop by | | |
| v. (social) | 1. come by, drop by, drop in | visit informally and spontaneously.; "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee" |
| ~ call in, visit, call | pay a brief visit.; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" |
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