Source : WordNet®

pick up
     v 1: take and lift upward [syn: {lift up}, {gather up}]
     2: take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"
     3: give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a
        hitchhiker on the highway"
     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" [syn: {collect}, {gather up}, {call
        for}]
     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" [syn: {learn}, {hear}, {get word},
         {get wind}, {find out}, {get a line}, {discover}, {see}]
     6: get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up
        thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
     7: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
        criminals" [syn: {collar}, {nail}, {apprehend}, {arrest},
        {nab}, {cop}]
     8: buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a
        snack"
     9: recieve (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" [syn: {receive}]
     10: lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up
         the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
     11: meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick
         up girls in bars"
     12: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can
         uplift your spirits" [syn: {elate}, {lift up}, {uplift},
         {intoxicate}] [ant: {depress}]
     13: get better; "Her performance in school picked up" [syn: {turn
         around}]
     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" [syn: {catch}]
     15: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: {peck}]
     16: gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" [syn: {perk
         up}, {perk}, {percolate}, {gain vigor}]