pick up

v. grasp and lift; gather, obtain; hurry up, gain speed; improve; straighten, tidy (Colloquial); approach someone with an offer of romantic involvement (Informal); resume after an intermission; buy, get (e.g.: "We are out of milk, on your way home from work can you pick up a carton of milk?")

adj. lifted, raised; obtained, got; gathered; approached with an offer for romantic involvement (Informal); straightened, tidied (Colloquial)

n. pickup truck, small truck, delivery truck, freight truck

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Verb
1. take and lift upward
(synonym) lift up, gather up
(hypernym) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
2. take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"
(hypernym) touch
3. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
(hypernym) transport
(derivation) pickup
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"
(synonym) collect, gather up, call for
(hypernym) get, acquire
(derivation) pickup
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"
(synonym) learn, hear, get word, get wind, find out, get a line, discover, see
(hyponym) get the goods
(verb-group) witness, find, see
6. get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
(hypernym) get, acquire
7. take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
(synonym) collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, nab, cop
(hypernym) seize, prehend, clutch
(derivation) pickup
8. buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"
(hypernym) buy, purchase
(derivation) pickup
(classification) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
9. recieve (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
(synonym) receive
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(hyponym) hear
10. lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
(hypernym) bring out, set off
11. meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
(hypernym) meet, get together
(derivation) pickup
12. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
(synonym) elate, lift up, uplift, intoxicate
(hypernym) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
(hyponym) beatify
(cause) rejoice, joy
13. get better; "Her performance in school picked up"
(synonym) turn around
(hypernym) better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
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"
(synonym) catch
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
15. eat by pecking at, like a bird
(synonym) peck
(hypernym) eat
16. gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
(synonym) perk up, perk, percolate, gain vigor
(hypernym) recuperate, recover, convalesce
(derivation) pickup, pick-me-up

nm. pickup

nm. pick up