1. (verb) pick up, lift up, gather up
take and lift upward
Synonyms: percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, pick up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate
2. (verb) pick up
take up by hand
Synonyms: percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, pick up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate
3. (verb) pick up
give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
Synonyms: percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, pick up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate
4. (verb) collect, pick up, gather up, call for
gather or collect
Synonyms: gain vigor, cop, pile up, take in, peck, call for, pull in, take, invite, gather, nail, need, amass, lift up, perk up, necessitate, arrest, roll up, get word, quest, nab, percolate, demand, garner, see, receive, accumulate, gather up, postulate, request, compile, require, hoard, pull together, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, ask, uplift, involve, find out, intoxicate, pick up, bespeak, elate, catch, learn, get wind, perk, collect, discover, hear
5. (verb) learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
Synonyms: turn around, ensure, read, pick up, collar, unwrap, key out, reveal, look, experience, get word, visualise, come upon, watch, assure, memorise, fancy, intoxicate, go steady, distinguish, disclose, learn, chance upon, receive, instruct, run into, discover, light upon, escort, try, perk, fall upon, lift up, con, uplift, reckon, give away, take heed, consider, gain vigor, study, name, come across, get a line, elate, collect, chance on, bring out, divulge, take care, let on, control, ascertain, insure, attend, date, realize, check, peck, interpret, meet, image, larn, gather up, strike, take, catch, see to it, cop, find out, see, listen, construe, regard, visualize, describe, picture, find, catch out, call for, perk up, visit, identify, view, project, percolate, arrest, let out, hear, realise, go out, envision, happen upon, determine, take in, nab, get wind, nail, encounter, figure, acquire, examine, expose, break, witness, understand, detect, teach, key, run across, attain, memorize, go through, notice, observe, apprehend
6. (verb) pick up
get in addition, as an increase
Synonyms: percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, pick up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate
7. (verb) collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop
take into custody
Synonyms: quail at, cop, uplift, peck, hook, savvy, hear, complete, get, dig, percolate, hold back, nail, glom, nail down, pass with flying colors, perk up, smash, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, snitch, boom, call for, see, find out, turn back, grasp, perk, halt, gain vigor, knock off, ace, compass, receive, sweep through, stop, sail through, get the picture, pinpoint, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, comprehend, lift up, peg, intoxicate, pick up, breeze through, contain, elate, catch, thieve, blast, grok, learn, get wind, hold, collect, discover, check
8. (verb) pick up
buy casually or spontaneously
Synonyms: percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, pick up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate
9. (verb) pick up, receive
register (perceptual input)
Synonyms: gain vigor, cop, take in, peck, call for, hear, invite, welcome, get, nail, collar, perk up, find, arrest, gather up, get word, have, meet, see, receive, collect, nab, encounter, incur, lift up, turn around, apprehend, get a line, uplift, obtain, find out, percolate, pick up, experience, elate, catch, learn, get wind, perk, discover, intoxicate
10. (verb) pick up
lift out or reflect from a background
Synonyms: percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, pick up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate
11. (verb) pick up
meet someone for sexual purposes
Synonyms: percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, pick up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate
12. (verb) elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
Synonyms: nail, percolate, call for, perk, lift up, perk up, get wind, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, catch, turn around, apprehend, receive, soak, find out, discover, intoxicate, pick up, peck, nab, arrest, inebriate, collar, cop, see
13. (verb) turn around, pick up
improve significantly; go from bad to good
Synonyms: nail, percolate, call for, swing about, lift up, perk up, get wind, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, catch, arrest, apprehend, receive, perk, find out, turn around, intoxicate, pick up, peck, nab, discover, swing around, collar, cop, see
14. (verb) catch, pick up
perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
Synonyms: hitch, cop, take in, peck, call for, capture, beguile, get, percolate, nail, trip up, perk up, captivate, view, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, trance, fascinate, enamor, see, find out, collar, becharm, catch, catch up with, watch, receive, gain vigor, lift up, entrance, apprehend, get a line, charm, uplift, intoxicate, pick up, overhear, turn around, elate, enamour, overtake, grab, learn, enchant, get wind, perk, collect, discover, take hold of, bewitch, hear
15. (verb) peck, pick up
eat by pecking at, like a bird
Synonyms: nag, cop, peck, call for, perk up, nail, lift up, pick, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, see, find out, collect, hen-peck, beak, pick at, learn, receive, gain vigor, collar, turn around, apprehend, smack, get a line, uplift, percolate, pick up, peck at, elate, catch, hear, get wind, perk, discover, intoxicate
16. (verb) perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor
gain or regain energy
Synonyms: gain vigor, cop, peck, call for, arouse, percolate, nail, energize, lift up, perk up, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, stimulate, energise, see, receive, collect, learn, filter, leach, permeate, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, uplift, find out, sink in, pick up, brace, elate, catch, hear, get wind, perk, discover, intoxicate
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