PICK UP

Take and lift upward

Take up by hand

Example: "He picked up the book and started to read"

Give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift

Example: "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"

Gather or collect

Example: "You can get the results on monday"

Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

Example: "I learned that she has two grown-up children"

Get in addition, as an increase

Example: "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"

Take into custody

Example: "The police nabbed the suspected criminals"

Buy casually or spontaneously

Example: "I picked up some food for a snack"

Register (perceptual input)

Example: "Pick up a signal"

Lift out or reflect from a background

Example: "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"

Meet someone for sexual purposes

Example: "He always tries to pick up girls in bars"

Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

Example: "Music can uplift your spirits"

Improve significantly; go from bad to good

Example: "Her performance in school picked up"

Perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily

Example: "I caught the aroma of coffee"

Eat by pecking at, like a bird

Gain or regain energy

Example: "I picked up after a nap"