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pick up



verb
1. take and lift upward (Freq. 22)
Syn:
lift up, gather up
Hypernyms:
raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. take up by hand (Freq. 19)
- He picked up the book and started to read
Hypernyms:
touch
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift (Freq. 6)
- We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway
Derivationally related forms:
pickup
Hypernyms:
transport
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. gather or collect (Freq. 5)
- 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
Derivationally related forms:
pickup
Hypernyms:
get, acquire
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally (Freq. 4)
- 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
Derivationally related forms:
discovery (for: discover)
Hyponyms:
get the goods, wise up, trip up, catch, ascertain,
discover, find
Verb Group:
witness, find, see
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: see)
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: discover)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: get a line)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: get wind)
- Somebody ----s (for: get word)
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: hear)
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: learn)
6. get in addition, as an increase (Freq. 3)
- The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home
Hypernyms:
get, acquire
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
7. take into custody (Freq. 3)
- the police nabbed the suspected criminals
Syn:
collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, nab, cop
Derivationally related forms:
cop (for: cop), pickup, arrest (for: arrest), apprehension (for: apprehend), apprehender (for: apprehend), collar (for: collar)
Hypernyms:
seize, prehend, clutch
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
8. buy casually or spontaneously (Freq. 2)
- I picked up some food for a snack
Derivationally related forms:
pickup
Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
Hypernyms:
buy, purchase
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The men pick up the chairs
9. register (perceptual input) (Freq. 2)
- pick up a signal
Syn:
receive
Derivationally related forms:
receptive (for: receive), receiver (for: receive), receptor (for: receive)
Hypernyms:
perceive, comprehend
Hyponyms:
hear
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- They pick up the information to them
10. lift out or reflect from a background (Freq. 2)
- The scarf picks up the color of the skirt
- His eyes picked up his smile
Hypernyms:
bring out, set off
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
11. meet someone for sexual purposes (Freq. 1)
- he always tries to pick up girls in bars
Derivationally related forms:
pickup
Hypernyms:
meet, get together
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
12. fill with high spirits;
fill with optimism (Freq. 1)
- Music can uplift your spirits
Syn:
elate, lift up, uplift, intoxicate
Ant:
depress (for: elate)
Derivationally related forms:
intoxication (for: intoxicate), elation (for: elate)
Hypernyms:
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Hyponyms:
beatify, puff, exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate,
thrill, exalt
Cause:
rejoice, joy
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
13. improve significantly;
go from bad to good (Freq. 1)
- Her performance in school picked up
Syn:
turn around
Hypernyms:
better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
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
Hypernyms:
perceive, comprehend
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
15. gain or regain energy
- I picked up after a nap
Syn:
perk up, perk, percolate, gain vigor
Derivationally related forms:
pickup
Hypernyms:
recuperate, recover, convalesce
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
16. eat by pecking at, like a bird
Syn:
peck
Derivationally related forms:
pecker (for: peck)
Hypernyms:
eat
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something


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