| 1. pick up [ Synonyms: gather up, lift up] | |
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Take and lift upward
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| 2. pick up | |
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Take up by hand
"He picked up the book and started to read";
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| 3. pick up | |
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Give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
"We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway";
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| 4. pick up [ Synonyms: call for, collect, gather up] | |
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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";
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حاصل کرنا۔ |
| 5. pick up [ Synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, see] | |
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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";
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پتہ چلنا۔ معلوم ہونا۔ |
| 6. pick up | |
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Get in addition, as an increase
"The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home";
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| 7. pick up [ Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail] | |
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Take into custody
"the police nabbed the suspected criminals";
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حراست میں لینا۔ پکڑنا۔ گرفتار کرنا۔ گرفتار کر لینا۔ |
| 8. pick up | |
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Buy casually or spontaneously
"I picked up some food for a snack";
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| 9. pick up [ Synonyms: receive] | |
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Register (perceptual input)
"pick up a signal";
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| 10. pick up | |
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Lift out or reflect from a background
"The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile";
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| 11. pick up | |
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Meet someone for sexual purposes
"he always tries to pick up girls in bars";
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| 12. pick up [ Synonyms: elate, intoxicate, lift up, uplift] | |
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Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
"Music can uplift your spirits";
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جذبہ بڑھانا
۔ جوش بڑھانا ۔ |
| 13. pick up [ Synonyms: turn around] | |
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Improve significantly; go from bad to good
"Her performance in school picked up";
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| 14. pick up [ Synonyms: catch] | |
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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";
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| 15. pick up [ Synonyms: peck] | |
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Eat by pecking at, like a bird
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ٹہونگے مار کر کھانا۔ |
| 16. pick up [ Synonyms: gain vigor, percolate, perk, perk up] | |
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Gain or regain energy
"I picked up after a nap";
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چست ہونا ۔ |