| VERB | motion | pick up, lift up, gather up | take and lift upward |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | pick up | take up by hand | |
| motion | pick up | give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift | |
| possession | pick up, collect, gather up, call for | gather or collect | |
| cognition | pick up, learn, hear, get word, get wind, find out, get a line, discover, see | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | |
| possession | pick up | get in addition, as an increase | |
| contact | pick up, collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, nab, cop | take into custody | |
| possession | pick up | buy casually or spontaneously | |
| perception | pick up, receive | register (perceptual input) | |
| change | pick up | lift out or reflect from a background | |
| social | pick up | meet someone for sexual purposes | |
| emotion | pick up, elate, lift up, uplift, intoxicate | fill with high spirits | |
| change | pick up, turn around | improve significantly | |
| perception | pick up, catch | perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily | |
| consumption | pick up, peck | eat by pecking at, like a bird | |
| body | pick up, perk up, perk, percolate, gain vigor | gain or regain energy |
| Meaning | Take and lift upward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | lift up, gather up | |
| Broader | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up | Raise from a lower to a higher position |
| Spanish | recoger | |
| Meaning | take up by hand. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with |
| Spanish | recoger | |
| Meaning | Give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | transport | Move something or somebody around |
| See also | pick | look for and gather |
| Spanish | llevar | |
| Nouns | pickup | the act of taking aboard passengers or freight |
| Meaning | Gather or collect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "They pick up our trash twice a week" | |
| Synonyms | collect, gather up, call for | |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Spanish | buscar, recoger, recopilar | |
| Catalan | passar a buscar, recopilar | |
| Nouns | pickup | the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places |
| Meaning | Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | learn, hear, get word, get wind, find out, get a line, discover, see | |
| Narrower | ascertain | Learn or discover with certainty |
| discover, find | make a discovery | |
| get the goods | Discover some bad or hidden / hidden information about | |
| trip up, catch | detect a blunder or misstep | |
| wise up | get wise to | |
| See also | pick | look for and gather |
| Similar to | witness, find, see | perceive or be contemporaneous with |
| Spanish | aprender, averiguar, descubrir, enterarse, enterar, oír, ver | |
| Catalan | aprendre, assabentar-se, assabentar, descobrir, veure | |
| Meaning | Get in addition, as an increase. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Meaning | Take into custody. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, nab, cop | |
| Broader | seize, prehend, clutch | take hold of |
| Spanish | aprehender, apresar, arrestar, atrapar, capturar, clavar, coger, detener, pillar, prender | |
| Catalan | agafar, arrestar, capturar, detenir | |
| Nouns | pickup | a warrant to take someone into custody |
| Meaning | buy casually or spontaneously. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The men pick up the chairs | |
| Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
| Broader | buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
| Nouns | pickup | the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places |
| Meaning | register (perceptual input). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Model | They pick up the information to them | |
| Example | "pick up a signal" | |
| Synonym | receive | |
| Narrower | hear | Receive a communication from someone |
| Broader | perceive, comprehend | To become aware of through the senses |
| See also | pick | look for and gather |
| Spanish | captar, recibir | |
| Meaning | Lift out or reflect from a background. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Broader | bring out, set off | direct attention to, as if by means of contrast |
| Catalan | destacar | |
| Meaning | meet someone for sexual purposes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "he always tries to pick up girls in bars" | |
| Broader | meet, get together | get together socially or for a specific purpose |
| Nouns | pickup | a casual acquaintance |
| Meaning | Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | elate, lift up, uplift, intoxicate | |
| Cause to | rejoice, joy | Feel happiness or joy |
| Narrower | beatify | make blessedly happy |
| exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify | Fill with sublime emotion | |
| puff | make proud or conceited | |
| Broader | stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir | Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of |
| Opposite | depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise | lower someone's spirits |
| Spanish | alborozar, embriagar, intoxicar, regocijar | |
| Catalan | embriagar, engatar, engrescar, intoxicar | |
| Meaning | Improve significantly; go from bad to good. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | turn around | |
| Broader | better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate | Get better |
| Spanish | mejorar | |
| Catalan | millorar | |
| Meaning | perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | catch | |
| Broader | perceive, comprehend | To become aware of through the senses |
| See also | pick | look for and gather |
| Spanish | captar, percibir | |
| Meaning | Eat by pecking at, like a bird. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | peck | |
| Broader | eat | take in solid food |
| Spanish | picotear | |
| Catalan | espicassar, picotejar | |
| Meaning | gain or regain energy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | perk up, perk, percolate, gain vigor | |
| Broader | recuperate, recover, convalesce | get over an illness or shock |
| Spanish | reanimarse | |
| Catalan | reanimar-se, reviscolar-se | |
| Nouns | pickup | anything with restorative powers |
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