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(verb) lift out or reflect from a background, as of a color; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile" |
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Related Words: accent, accentuate, bring out, emphasize, set off, stress |
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(verb) take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read" |
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Related Words: touch |
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(verb) give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift |
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Related Words: transport |
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(verb) take and lift upward |
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Synonyms: gather up, lift up |
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Related Words: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise |
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(verb) of perceptual input: receive a signal, receive news, receive a verdict, etc. |
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Synonyms: receive |
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Related Words: comprehend, hear, perceive |
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(verb) buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack" |
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Related Words: buy, purchase |
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(verb) get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home" |
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Related Words: acquire, get |
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(verb) meet someone for sexual purposes |
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Related Words: get together, meet |
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(verb) get better; "Her performance in school picked up" |
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Synonyms: turn around |
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Related Words: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) eat by pecking at; of birds |
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Synonyms: peck |
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Related Words: eat |
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(verb) 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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Synonyms: catch |
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Related Words: comprehend, perceive |
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(verb) gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center" |
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Synonyms: call for, collect, gather up |
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Related Words: acquire, get |
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(verb) gain or regain energy |
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Synonyms: gain vigor, percolate, perk, perk up |
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Related Words: convalesce, recover, recuperate |
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(verb) fill with high spirits; fill with optimism |
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Synonyms: elate, intoxicate, lift up, uplift |
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Related Words: exalt, excite, exhilarate, puff, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir, thrill |
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(verb) get to know or become aware of; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" |
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Synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, see |
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Related Words: ascertain, catch, discover, find, trip up, wise up |
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(verb) take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police |
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Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail |
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Related Words: clutch, prehend, seize |
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