pick up Meaning and Definition

1. v. gain or regain energy

2. v. get better

3. v. lift out or reflect from a background

4. v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

5. v. eat by pecking at, like a bird

6. v. take up by hand

7. v. take into custody

8. v. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

9. v. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift

10. v. take and lift upward

11. v. register (perceptual input)

12. v. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily

13. v. buy casually or spontaneously

14. v. gather or collect

15. v. get in addition, as an increase

16. v. meet someone for sexual purposes