pick up

verb

1. take and lift upward

   verb.motion

   Synonyms gather up lift up

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. take up by hand

   verb.contact

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift

   verb.motion

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. gather or collect

   verb.possession

   Examples

   They pick up our trash twice a week.

   Synonyms call for collect gather up

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

   verb.cognition

   Synonyms discover find out get a line get wind get word hear learn see

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. get in addition, as an increase

   verb.possession

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. take into custody

   verb.contact

   Synonyms apprehend arrest collar cop nab nail

   Source: WordNet 3.0

8. buy casually or spontaneously

   verb.possession

   Source: WordNet 3.0

9. register (perceptual input)

   verb.perception

   Examples

   Pick up a signal.

   Synonyms receive

   Source: WordNet 3.0

10. lift out or reflect from a background

    verb.change

    Source: WordNet 3.0

11. meet someone for sexual purposes

    verb.social

    Examples

    He always tries to pick up girls in bars.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

12. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

    verb.emotion

    Synonyms elate intoxicate lift up uplift

    Antonyms cast down deject demoralise demoralize depress dismay dispirit get down

    Source: WordNet 3.0

13. improve significantly; go from bad to good

    verb.change

    Synonyms turn around

    Source: WordNet 3.0

14. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily

    verb.perception

    Synonyms catch

    Source: WordNet 3.0

15. eat by pecking at, like a bird

    verb.consumption

    Synonyms peck

    Source: WordNet 3.0

16. gain or regain energy

    verb.body

    Synonyms gain vigor percolate perk perk up

    Source: WordNet 3.0