pick up in English dictionary

  • pick up

    Meanings and definitions of "pick up"

    • (soccer) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
    • (attributive) An impromptu athletic game.
    • The act of obtaining something or someone (usually onto a vehicle). The time the act occurs.
    • An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also pick-up line, pick-up joint, pickup artist.
    • (US) A pickup truck.
    • (transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
    • (transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing.
    • (transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.
    • (transitive) To collect a passenger.
    • (transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect).
    • (intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up.
    • (intransitive) To restart or resume.
    • (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.
    • (transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like).
    • (transitive and intransitive with on , by extension) To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on".
    • (transitive) To point out (a person's behaviour, habits, or actions) in a critical manner.
    • (transitive and intransitive with on ) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
    • (transitive or intransitive) To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone.
    • To pay for.
    • To reduce the despondency of.
    • To take control (physically) of something.
    • To eat by pecking at, like a bird.
    • noun
      (rare)
      Alternative form of [i]pickup[/i]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To lift; to grasp and raise.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To collect an object, especially in passing.
    • verb
      (transitive or intransitive)
      To clean up; to return to an organized state.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To collect a passenger.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To collect and detain (a suspect).
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To improve, increase, or speed up.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To restart or resume.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To receive (a radio signal or the like).
    • verb
      (transitive and intransitive with on, by extension)
      To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on".
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To point out (a person's behaviour, habits, or actions) in a critical manner.
    • verb
      (transitive and intransitive with on)
      To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
    • verb
      (transitive or intransitive)
      To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone.
    • verb
      To pay for.
    • verb
      To reduce the despondency of.
    • verb
      To take control (physically) of something.
    • verb
      (soccer)
      To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
    • verb
      To record, to notch up.
    • to lift; to grasp and raise
    • to improve, increase, or speed up
    • to restart or resume
    • to collect an object, especially in passing
    • to collect a passenger
    • to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand
    • to receive (a signal)
    • to notice, detect or discern
    • to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes
    • to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone
    • (to) pick up
    • pick up (with chopsticks)
    • (For a bird) To eat by small pieces with one's beak or bill.
    • To respond to an incoming telephone call.
    • To perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily (e.g. an aroma, an allusion, etc.).
    • verb
      buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"
    • verb
      eat by pecking at, like a bird
    • verb
      fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
    • verb
      gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
    • verb
      improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"
    • verb
      lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
    • verb
      meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
    • verb
      take and lift upward
    • verb
      take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
    • verb
      take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"

    Synonyms of "pick up" in English dictionary

    elevate, get, stimulate are the top synonyms of "pick up" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "pick up" in English dictionary

    depress is the antonym of "pick up" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of pick up

    • zob.  zobacz: pick; up nieodm.  nieodmienny
    • to pick up ( third-person singular simple present picks up, present participle picking up, simple past and past participle picked up) (idiomatic)
    • pick up ( plural  pick ups)
    • pick up (plural pick ups)
    • pick up (third-person singular simple present picks up, present participle picking up, simple past and past participle picked up)
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