Definition of pick up in English English dictionary
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation
She could tell he intended to pick up on her.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To receive (a radio signal or the like)
With the new antenna, I can pick up stations all the way from Omaha.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on"
Did you pick up on his nervousness?.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand
It looks complicated, but you'll soon pick it up.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To lift; to grasp and raise
When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To reduce the despondency of
they pick me up when I'm feeling blue.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To take control (physically) of something
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To collect an object, especially in passing
Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To collect a passenger
I'll pick you up outside the library.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- The act of obtaining something or someone (usually onto a vehicle). The time the act occurs
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To improve, increase, or speed up
Prices seem to be picking up again.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To point out (a person's behaviour, habits, or actions) in a critical manner
She's always picking me up on my grammar.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone
I'm calling him, but he just isn't picking up!.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To restart or resume
Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To collect and detain (a suspect)
The cops have picked up the man they were looking for.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- A pickup truck
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To clean up; to return to an organized state
You're lucky, said Marla. My mother makes me pick up my room every single day..
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- 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
Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pick up, I'm not interested.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To pay for
The company will pick up lunch with customers for sales calls.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- An impromptu athletic game
At lunch we had a game of pick up hockey.
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- If you pick someone up on something that they have said or done, you mention it and tell them that you think it is wrong. if I may pick you up on that point see also pick-up
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- If trade or the economy of a country picks up, it improves. Industrial production is beginning to pick up
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- recieve (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- Refers to the adherence of workpiece material to the saw
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- When you pick yourself up after you have fallen or been knocked down, you stand up rather slowly. Anthony picked himself up and set off along the track
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- (1) (of a card) capture during the play
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- If someone picks up a point or topic that has already been mentioned, or if they pick up on it, they refer to it or develop it. Can I just pick up that gentleman's point? I'll pick up on what I said a couple of minutes ago
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- 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"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- When you pick something up, you lift it up. He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- 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"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To pick up a carrier is when the 2 modems recognize each other's signals over a phone line After this point the two computers can communicate
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- If you pick up an illness, you get it from somewhere or something. They've picked up a really nasty infection from something they've eaten. = catch
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- If someone is picked up by the police, they are arrested and taken to a police station. Rawlings had been picked up by police at his office The police picked him up within the hour
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- {f} grasp and lift; gather, obtain; hurry up, gain speed; improve; straighten, tidy (Colloquial); approach someone with an offer of romantic involvement (Informal); resume after an intermission; buy, get (e.g.: "We are out of milk, on your way home from work can you pick up a carton of milk?")
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- get better; "Her performance in school picked up"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- a pick up is where a player picks up a new tile A tile is either picked from the wall or, the player may pick the last tile discarded by another player, provided that they can form a meld using it A player may jump in at any point during the game to pick up the last tile dicarded This is done by the player declaring the name of the meld they wish to form using the tile Restrictions exist on forming chows with discards A player may only use a discard tile to form a chow if the tile was discarded by their play-order predecessor In the event that two players call to form a meld with the same discard tile, a Kong has precedence over a Pung, which in turn has precedence over a Chow
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- take and lift upward recieve (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- If you pick up someone you do not know, you talk to them and try to start a sexual relationship with them. He had picked her up at a nightclub on Kallari Street, where she worked as a singer
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- take and lift upward
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- The lifting of the rod with the casting hand and arm It starts the lift of the leader off the water's surface This is the first step of the traditional pick up lay down cast
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- If you pick up something, such as a feature or a pattern, you discover or identify it. Consumers in Europe are slow to pick up trends in the use of information technology
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- When a vehicle picks up speed, it begins to move more quickly. Brian pulled away slowly, but picked up speed. = accelerate
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- To pick up the dice, thereby ending the player's turn
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- If you pick up something such as a skill or an idea, you acquire it without effort over a period of time. Where did you pick up your English?
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- When you pick up someone or something that is waiting to be collected, you go to the place where they are and take them away, often in a car. She went over to her parents' house to pick up some clean clothes I picked her up at Covent Garden to take her to lunch with my mother
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- 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"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- When you pick up the pieces after a disaster, you do what you can to get the situation back to normal again. Do we try and prevent problems or do we try and pick up the pieces afterwards?
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- Nothing more than talking to a girl and finding out her name "Meee!* last night we picked up All kinds* of girls at L'action" (popular club in St-Leonard) *see: Meee *see: All kinds
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- If a piece of equipment, for example a radio or a microphone, picks up a signal or sound, it receives it or detects it. We can pick up Italian television
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
- <span class="word-self">pickspan> <span class="word-self">upspan>
- Starting a scene from a place other than the beginning