RhymeZone: pick up definitions

Definitions of pick up:

verb: recieve (perceptual input)
Example: "Pick up a signal"
verb: buy casually or spontaneously
verb: get in addition, as an increase
verb: meet someone for sexual purposes
Example: "He always tries to pick up girls in bars"
verb: lift out or reflect from a background
verb: take up by hand
verb: give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
verb: take and lift upward
verb: perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
verb: gather or collect
Example: "They pick up our trash twice a week"
verb: eat by pecking at, like a bird
verb: get better
verb: gain or regain energy
verb: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
verb: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
verb: take into custody