English Explanatory Dictionary

pick up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To lift; to grasp and raise.
To collect an object, especially in passing.
To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).
To clean up; to return to an organized state.
To collect a passenger.
To collect and detain (a suspect).
To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
To improve, increase, or speed up.
To restart or resume.
To reach and continue along (a road).
To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
To receive (a radio signal or the like).

noun

Rare form of pickup.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pick up.wav

Word forms

pick up picks up picking up picked up pick ups

Synonyms

learn blag hit on rizz up take up pick up the phone

Antonyms

put down drop off mess up

Derived words

picker-upper pick it up pick-me-up pick oneself up off the floor pickupable pick-up game pick-up goods pick-up joint pick up line pick up on pick up one's crumbs pick up one's marbles and go home pickup pick-up pick up speed pick up steam pick-up sticks pick up stitches pick up stompies pick up the ball and run with it pick up the mantle pick up the pace pick up the phone pick up the pieces pick up the slack pick up the tab pick up the threads pick up the threads of pick up what someone is laying down pick up what someone is putting down pick up artist pick up joint pick up truck

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