PICK UP

(verb) gain or regain energy
"I picked up after a nap"
synonyms : gain vigor , percolate , perk , perk up
(verb) improve significantly; go from bad to good
"Her performance in school picked up"
synonyms : turn around
(verb) lift out or reflect from a background
"The scarf picks up the color of the skirt", "His eyes picked up his smile"
(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"
synonyms : discover , find out , get a line , get wind , get word , hear , learn , see
(verb) eat by pecking at, like a bird
synonyms : peck
(verb) take up by hand
"He picked up the book and started to read"
(verb) take into custody
"the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
synonyms : apprehend , arrest , collar , cop , nab , nail
(verb) fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
"Music can uplift your spirits"
synonyms : elate , intoxicate , lift up , uplift
(verb) give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
"We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
(verb) take and lift upward
synonyms : gather up , lift up
(verb) register (perceptual input)
"pick up a signal"
synonyms : receive
(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"
synonyms : catch
(verb) buy casually or spontaneously
"I picked up some food for a snack"
(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"
synonyms : call for , collect , gather up
(verb) get in addition, as an increase
"The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
(verb) meet someone for sexual purposes
"he always tries to pick up girls in bars"

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