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English verb: pick up | |||
| 1. | pick up (motion) take and lift upward | ||
| Synonyms | gather up, lift up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise | ||
| 2. | pick up (contact) take up by hand | ||
| Samples | He picked up the book and started to read. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | touch | ||
| 3. | pick up (motion) give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift | ||
| Samples | We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transport | ||
| 4. | pick up (possession) gather or collect | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | call for, collect, gather up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, get | ||
| 5. | pick up (cognition) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | ||
| Samples | I learned that she has two grown-up children. I see that you have been promoted. | ||
| Synonyms | discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, see | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ascertain, catch, discover, find, get the goods, trip up, wise up | ||
| Verb group | find, see, witness | ||
| 6. | pick up (possession) get in addition, as an increase | ||
| Samples | The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, get | ||
| 7. | pick up (contact) take into custody | ||
| Samples | The police nabbed the suspected criminals. | ||
| Synonyms | apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clutch, prehend, seize | ||
| 8. | pick up (possession) buy casually or spontaneously | ||
| Samples | I picked up some food for a snack. | ||
| Examples | The men pick up the chairs | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | buy, purchase | ||
| Domain category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | ||
| 9. | pick up (perception) register (perceptual input) | ||
| Samples | Pick up a signal. | ||
| Examples | They pick up the information to them | ||
| Synonyms | receive | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | comprehend, perceive | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hear | ||
| 10. | pick up (change) lift out or reflect from a background | ||
| Samples | The scarf picks up the color of the skirt. His eyes picked up his smile. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring out, set off | ||
| 11. | pick up (social) meet someone for sexual purposes | ||
| Samples | He always tries to pick up girls in bars. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | get together, meet | ||
| 12. | pick up (emotion) fill with high spirits; fill with optimism | ||
| Samples | Music can uplift your spirits. | ||
| Synonyms | elate, intoxicate, lift up, uplift | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beatify, beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, puff, thrill, tickle pink | ||
| Cause | joy, rejoice | ||
| Antonyms | cast down, deject, depress, dismay, dispirit, demoralise, demoralize, get down | ||
| 13. | pick up (change) improve significantly; go from bad to good | ||
| Samples | Her performance in school picked up. | ||
| Synonyms | turn around | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate | ||
| 14. | pick up (perception) perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | catch | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | comprehend, perceive | ||
| 15. | pick up (consumption) eat by pecking at, like a bird | ||
| Synonyms | peck | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | eat | ||
| 16. | pick up (body) gain or regain energy | ||
| Samples | I picked up after a nap. | ||
| Synonyms | gain vigor, percolate, perk, perk up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convalesce, recover, recuperate | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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