[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pick up
     v 1: take and lift upward syn: lift up, gather up
     2: take up by hand; "he picked up the book and started to read"
     3: give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "we picked up a
        hitchhiker on the highway"
     4: 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" syn: collect, gather up, call
        for
     5: 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" syn: learn, hear, get word,
         get wind, find out, get a line, discover, see
     6: get in addition, as an increase; "the candidate picked up
        thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
     7: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
        criminals" syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest,
        nab, cop
     8: buy casually or spontaneously; "i picked up some food for a
        snack"
     9: recieve perceptual input; "pick up a signal" syn: receive
     10: lift out or reflect from a background; "the scarf picks up
         the color of the skirt"; "his eyes picked up his smile"
     11: meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick
         up girls in bars"
     12: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "music can
         uplift your spirits" syn: elate, lift up, uplift,
         intoxicate ant: depress
     13: get better; "her performance in school picked up" syn: turn
         around
     14: 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" syn: catch
     15: eat by pecking at, like a bird syn: peck
     16: gain or regain energy; "i picked up after a nap" syn: perk
         up, perk, percolate, gain vigor
see also:
lift up gather up collect call for learn hear 
get word get wind find out get a line discover 
see collar nail apprehend arrest 
nab cop receive elate uplift 
intoxicate depress turn around catch peck 
perk up perk percolate gain vigor 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

195 moby thesaurus words for "pick up":
   accumulate, acquire, advance, amass, ameliorate, amend, animate,
   annex, apprehend, arrest, assemble, book, boost, brace, brace up,
   brighten, bring, bring back, bring together, brisk, brisken,
   buck up, buoy up, bust, call for, capture, chalk up, chase after,
   cheer, chirk up, collar, collect, come along, come on, compass,
   continue, convalesce, cull, descry, detain, detect, develop,
   dig up, discern, distinguish, drag up, draw up, dredge, dredge up,
   elevate, encourage, enliven, espy, exhilarate, fetch,
   fetch and carry, fillip, fish up, fortify, fresh up, freshen,
   freshen up, gain, gain ground, gain strength, galvanize, garner,
   gather, gather in, gather up, get, get ahead, get along,
   get better, get in, get together, give a lift, gladden, glean,
   go after, go ahead, go and get, go fetch, go for, go forward,
   go get, go to get, grab, graduate, grow better, grub, grub up,
   haul up, have, hearten, hoist, home on, identify, improve,
   infuse life into, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, land,
   liven, look up, make an arrest, make headway, make out,
   make progress, make strides, map, master, meliorate, mend, nab,
   net, notice, obtain, perceive, perk up, pick, pinch, pinpoint,
   pique, pluck, pluck up, procure, progress, provoke, pull in,
   put under arrest, quicken, raise, rake up, rally, reanimate, rear,
   receive, recognize, recommence, recreate, recruit, recuperate,
   refresh, refreshen, regale, reinvigorate, rejoice,
   rejoice the heart, renew, reopen, resuscitate, retrieve, revive,
   revivify, round up, run after, run in, scan, scare up,
   scrape together, scrape up, secure, see, seize, sense, set up,
   shag, shape up, sharpen, show improvement, skyrocket, sleep it off,
   spot, spy, stimulate, sweep, take captive, take in,
   take into custody, take off, take prisoner, take up, trigger,
   tune in, turn the corner, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear,
   vitalize, vivify, whet

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