Варианты (v1)
Варианты (v2)
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picking up сущ
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собираниеср, сборм
(gathering)
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захватм
(capture)
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подборм
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поднятиеср
(raising)
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picking-up сущ
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подборм
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сборм
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| verb | ||
| забрать | pick up, take away, nail | |
| подобрать | pick up, line up, tuck up | |
| подбирать | select, pick up, pick, gather up, tuck up, assort | |
| поднимать | lift, raise, up, pick up, put up, bring up | |
| подхватить | pick up, catch up, snap up, pin down | |
| подцепить | pick up, hook | |
| поймать | catch, capture, pick up, catch hold of, hook, nail | |
| приобретать | purchase, acquire, get, gain, buy, take on | |
| нахвататься | pick up | |
| покупать | buy, purchase, get, pick up | |
| подвезти | bring up, pick up | |
| нахватать | pick up, grab, seize | |
| улучшаться | improve, better, get better, ameliorate, develop, pick up | |
| познакомиться | become acquainted, get acquainted with, pick up, make the acquaintance of, make acquaintance | |
| набираться | accumulate, pick up, muster, amount | |
| разгоняться | pick up | |
| восстанавливать силы | recuperate, recreate, pick up, recondition, set up | |
| выздоравливать | recover, recuperate, convalesce, pick up | |
| находить | find, discover, detect, retrieve, see, search out | |
| прибирать | clean up, tidy, tidy up, clear up, pick up, do | |
| подбросить | flip, drop, drop off, pick up | |
| арестовать | arrest, nab, bust, nail, pick up, take in charge | |
| возобновить дружбу | pick up | |
| набирать скорость | gather speed, pick up | |
| завязать дружбу | pick up | |
| брать на себя оплату | pick up | |
| разрыхлять | loosen, hoe, pick, mellow, pick up |
Перевод по словам
— picking [verb]
noun: сбор, собирание, отбор, сортировка, выборка, воровство, объедки, ощипывание, разборка, остатки
- picking neb — мысок боевого эксцентрика
- picking maturity — уборочная спелость
- batch picking — отбор партий
- bin picking — извлечение деталей из бункера
- killing and picking house — птицеперерабатывающее предприятие
- picking a flower — срывание цветка
- picking basket — корзина для сбора урожая
- picking crane — кран-штабелер
- picking out — сбор
- lock picking — Отмыкание
— up [adverb]
adverb: выше, вверх, наверх, наверху, вверху, кверху, ввысь, вдоль, впереди
preposition: по, вверх по, против, вдоль, вглубь, вдоль по, к северу, по направлению к, в северном направлении
verb: подниматься, поднимать, повышать, вскакивать
noun: подъем, успех, вздорожание
adjective: повышающийся, поднимающийся вверх, идущий вверх, шипучий, направляющийся на север
- mug up — крутиться
- step up — повышать
- cough up for — кашлять
- make up a bed — устраиваться на ночлег
- bottom-up strategy — восходящая стратегия
- up-and-down fathometer — эхолот-эхоледомер
- take up loan — получать кредиту
- set up accord — быть организатором соглашения
- drawing-up scroll — подводящая улитка
- in close up — крупным планом
Предложения с «picking up»
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I was concerned that they were picking up so much polarizing misinformation, and they were growing really fearful of a Trump presidency. |
Я была обеспокоена, что они набирались таким большим количеством противоречивой дезинформации, и росли действительно напуганными президенством Трампа. |
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As it comes past, you start picking up speed and see if we can intercept — from the rear, not the front, that would be a mistake — and then try and land in the back. |
Когда он пролетает мимо, вы набираете скорость и смотрите, можно ли его перехватить, — сзади, не спереди — это было бы ошибкой а потом ещё попытка и посадка сзади. |
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You get a couple hundred kids each picking up five pieces, and pretty soon, you’ve got a much cleaner camp. |
Если двести детей соберут по пять единиц мусора, очень скоро лагерь станет гораздо чище. |
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The Chinese are going to dominate it and the Russians are picking up the crumbs. |
Китай собирается доминировать, а русские будут подбирать крохи. |
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Well, they could just be reflecting our biases, and these systems could be picking up on our biases and amplifying them and showing them back to us, while we’re telling ourselves, We’re just doing objective, neutral computation. |
Возможно, они просто отражают наши предубеждения, и эти системы могут собирать наши пристрастия и усиливать их, показывая нам их вновь, а мы говорим себе: Мы просто проводим объективные, непредвзятые вычисления. |
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So, consider this case: This woman was late picking up her godsister from a school in Broward County, Florida. |
Рассмотрим следующий случай: Эта девушка опаздывала, чтобы забрать свою крёстную сестру из школы в округе Броуард, штат Флорида. |
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Whether it’s training for a marathon, picking up an old hobby, or learning a new skill, for most people, self-transformation projects occupy a very positive emotional space. |
Будь то подготовка к марафону, старое хобби или освоение нового навыка — у большинства людей планы по преображению вызывают положительные эмоции. |
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I’m picking up some kind of emergency signal. |
Я принимаю что — то похожее на сигнал бедствия. |
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Yes, but we understand environmental protection is more than just picking up litter and planting trees. |
Да, но мы понимаем защиту окружающей среды шире, чем просто уборка мусора с улиц и посадка деревьев. |
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People are delighted picking up mushrooms. |
Люди получают удовольствие от сбора грибов . |
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I’m picking up an encrypted wireless frequency nearby. |
Я обнаружил какую — то зашифрованную беспроводную частоту поблизости. |
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We’re picking up another heat signature approaching the room. |
Мы наблюдаем еще одну тепловую сигнатуру, приближающуюся к комнате. |
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He was just picking up a package he left behind. |
Он держал в руках пакет, который там забыл. |
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He’s picking up Fess’s thoughts, and Gregory’s telepathic waves are acting as a carrier wave for Fess! |
Он подхватывает мысли Векса, а телепатические волны Грегори служат для Векса несущей волной! |
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You just pretend you’re picking up litter, and EXCREMENT. |
Просто притворяйтесь, что вы собираете мусор и экскременты. |
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Echelon’s picking up chatter, emanating in real time from the Washington, DC metropolitan area. |
Эшелон перехватывает переговоры в районе центра Вашингтона, в реальном времени. |
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I’m talking about one of those situations where you’re in an orange jumpsuit picking up litter along the highway. |
Я говорю о ситуации, когда ты в оранжевой робе подбираешь мусор вдоль шоссе. |
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There I was picking up half a litre in the vegetable shop at the Kursk station, and guess who comes into the shop? |
Стою я, беру пол — литра в овощном у Курского. |
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I am picking up the shuttle’s trace signature but the surface interference is distorting its position. |
Я улавливаю полетный след шаттла, но помехи у поверхности искажают его текущие координаты. |
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The chance of long-range scanners picking up a cloaked ship at this distance were minute. |
Ведь засечь сканерами дальнего действия корабль на таком расстоянии было почти невозможно! |
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Your central nervous system is functioning normally, but I’m picking up some degradation in your neural pathways. |
Твоя центральная нервная система работает нормально, но я вижу некоторую деградацию в твоих нервных путях. |
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The Gabriel Corporation’s picking up the bill for all this, and the doctors say the long-term prognosis is hopeful. |
Компания Габриэля оплатит все счета, а прогнозы врачей довольно оптимистичны. |
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The circuit was open to the entire battalion and he was picking up bits and snatches of conversation. |
Контур был открытым для всего батальона, и до него доносились обрывки разговоров. |
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Metro Wave’s picking up the show starting Monday, linking it to a national feed. |
Метро Уэйв с понедельника запускает шоу, связанное с национальным питанием. |
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I’m picking up minute levels of residual ionization from the sub-dermal tissue of his left arm. |
Я обнаружила незначительный уровень остаточной ионизации в подкожных тканях его левой руки. |
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Glad to see you’re picking up your psycho boss’ old habits. |
Рад видеть, что ты вобрал в себя привычки твоего босса — психопата. |
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Picking up the shells and smooth stones from the shore, collecting myself. |
Собираешь ракушки и гальку с берега, собираешь себя. |
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The Vintner was picking up the pieces and putting them back in the leather game bag, which he then slung about the man’s shoulder. |
Винодел сложил фигурки в кожаный мешок игрока и помог ему надеть его на плечо. |
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The stomach’s got a direct line to these babies and I’m picking up a lot of chatter. |
Брюхо напрямую общается с этими крошками, и болтает оно без передышки. |
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I’m picking up on the rivalry between sciences and operations. |
Думаю, что конкуренция идёт между науками и операциями. |
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I’m just picking up refills from that pharmacist with the dubious hair plugs. |
Я зашла пополнить свои запасы у этого аптекаря с подозрительного вида пересаженными волосами. |
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Picking up a signal from a central transmitter somewhere on the planet? |
Принимая сигналы центрального передатчика, установленного где — то на планете? |
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My sensitive nose had been picking up the aroma for several blocks. |
Мое же весьма чувствительное обоняние почуяло аромат на расстоянии нескольких магазинов. |
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My kid will be picking up garbage in an orange jumpsuit in ten years. |
Мой ребенок будет поднимать придорожный мусор в оранжевом комбинезоне в течении 10 лет. |
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I hope you’re being careful picking up Mr. Whiskers. |
Надеюсь, ты была осторожнее, поднимая мистера Уискерса на руки. |
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The last time anybody saw Shane, he was picking up his uniform from a dry cleaners. |
Последний раз Шейна видели, когда он забирал свою униформу из химчистки. |
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I’m just picking up a few extra hours. |
Я просто взял пару часов подработки. |
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But, sir, you can’t take a girl up like that as if you were picking up a pebble on the beach. |
Сэр, но ведь она не ракушка на пляже, которую можно подобрать и выбросить. |
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Captain, sensors are picking up an increased energy output from the Calamarain. |
Сенсоры улавливают увлечение энергии, исходящей от каламаран. |
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Great if I don’t miss picking up today’s wardrobe. |
Прекрасным, если я не пропущу сегодняшний выбор костюмов. |
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And so far, knock wood, things seem to be picking up. |
И теперь, проскрипело дерево, пора делать выбор. |
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Downstate picking up our dad from prison. |
Отправился на юг штата, забирать папашу из тюрьмы. |
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Thank you for finally picking up the phone. |
Спасибо тебе, за то, что наконец — то взяла телефон. |
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I just really resent picking up after them. |
Меня просто возмущает, что я должна убирать за ними. |
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I meant picking up girls The night after we sleep together. |
Я имела ввиду, что ты цепляешь девок на следующий день после того, как мы переспали. |
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He gets a message about picking up and payment. |
Значит он получал сообщение о том, где подобрать бочку и деньги. |
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I thought you said we were picking up drugs for Pablo Chacon. |
Я думал, ты сказал, что мы были поднимая препаратов для Пабло Чакона. |
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Let me know when you want picking up. |
Дай знать, во сколько за тобой будет лучше заехать. |
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Nobody is picking up the landline. |
На звонки на домашний телефон никто не отвечает. |
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When I’m picking up, I’m picking up. |
И когда я напиваюсь, я напиваюсь. |
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Our best hope is that South Korea will succeed as the next host country, picking up where Canada has fallen far short. |
Будем надеяться на то, что Южная Корея преуспеет в качестве следующей принимающей страны, сделав то, с чем Канада абсолютно не справилась. |
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Except for the fact that I will be picking up Mike Bell because I have number one priority on the waiver wire. |
Ты забываешь, что я хотела взять Майка Белла, потому что у меня больший приоритет на рынке. |
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I’d like to believe that she went there because she felt safe there… but you don’t spend time with Lex without picking up a trick. |
Ну, я бы очень хотела верить, что она Укрывалась у тебя дома, потому что чувствовала себя там в безопасности,… но, ты не провел так много времени с Лексом, чтобы научиться у него врать или всяким уловкам. |
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Daly: Blake beats shakira and usher, Picking up his third artist of the night. |
Блейк обошел Шакиру и Ашера и взял к себе в команду уже третьего артиста. |
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Picking up some papers off the floor doesn’t make up for you getting me kicked off a case. |
Тот факт, что ты подбираешь пару бумажек с пола, не оправдывает, что ты хотела меня отстранить от дела. |
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Zuckerberg: The basic vision I have is kind of like picking up a phone anywhere. Even if you don’t have a voice plan, you can still call 911 and get basic services. |
— Я представляю это следующим образом: в будущем вы сможете поднять трубку телефона, где бы вы ни находились, и, даже если у вас нет разговорного плана, вы будете иметь возможность позвонить 911, чтобы получить базовые услуги. |
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The movement was hesitant in its first steps, but it’s now picking up momentum and spreading across the U.S. |
После первых нерешительных шагов движение набирает оборот и масштабы. |
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If I see one more picture of you splashed across the front page of a tabloid, unless it’s for picking up the Nobel Prize or journalist of the year, then you are out. |
Если я увижу еще одну твою фотографию на первой полосе таблоида, только если ты не получаешь Нобелевскую премию или звание журналист года, ты уволен. |
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And I’d look around, and then I’d see another paratrooper, a young guy or girl, and they’d have pulled out their M4 carbine and they’d be picking up their equipment. |
Потом я осматривался, и видел другого парашютиста, молодого парня или девчонку, они уже вытащили свой карабин М — 4, уже подняли свою омуницию. |
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Because we’re using escalators to move people, all of these trusses are picking up diagonal loads. |
Поскольку эскалаторы используются для перевозки людей, все эти связки принимают на себя диагональные нагрузки, |
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pick up, lift up, gather upverb
take and lift upward
Synonyms:
percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate -
pick upverb
take up by hand
«He picked up the book and started to read»
Synonyms:
percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate -
pick upverb
give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
«We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway»
Synonyms:
percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate -
collect, pick up, gather up, call forverb
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»
Synonyms:
gain vigor, cop, pile up, take in, peck, call for, pull in, take, invite, gather, nail, need, amass, lift up, perk up, necessitate, arrest, roll up, get word, quest, nab, percolate, demand, garner, see, receive, accumulate, gather up, postulate, request, compile, require, hoard, pull together, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, ask, uplift, involve, find out, intoxicate, bespeak, elate, catch, learn, get wind, perk, collect, discover, hear -
learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, seeverb
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»
Synonyms:
turn around, ensure, read, collar, unwrap, key out, reveal, look, experience, get word, visualise, come upon, watch, assure, memorise, fancy, intoxicate, go steady, distinguish, disclose, learn, chance upon, receive, instruct, run into, discover, light upon, escort, try, perk, fall upon, lift up, con, uplift, reckon, give away, take heed, consider, gain vigor, study, name, come across, get a line, elate, collect, chance on, bring out, divulge, take care, let on, control, ascertain, insure, attend, date, realize, check, peck, interpret, meet, image, larn, gather up, strike, take, catch, see to it, cop, find out, see, listen, construe, regard, visualize, describe, picture, find, catch out, call for, perk up, visit, identify, view, project, percolate, arrest, let out, hear, realise, go out, envision, happen upon, determine, take in, nab, get wind, nail, encounter, figure, acquire, examine, expose, break, witness, understand, detect, teach, key, run across, attain, memorize, go through, notice, observe, apprehend -
pick upverb
get in addition, as an increase
«The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home»
Synonyms:
percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate -
collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, copverb
take into custody
«the police nabbed the suspected criminals»
Synonyms:
quail at, cop, uplift, peck, hook, savvy, hear, complete, get, dig, percolate, hold back, nail, glom, nail down, pass with flying colors, perk up, smash, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, snitch, boom, call for, see, find out, turn back, grasp, perk, halt, gain vigor, knock off, ace, compass, receive, sweep through, stop, sail through, get the picture, pinpoint, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, comprehend, lift up, peg, intoxicate, breeze through, contain, elate, catch, thieve, blast, grok, learn, get wind, hold, collect, discover, check -
pick upverb
buy casually or spontaneously
«I picked up some food for a snack»
Synonyms:
percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate -
pick up, receiveverb
register (perceptual input)
«pick up a signal»
Synonyms:
gain vigor, cop, take in, peck, call for, hear, invite, welcome, get, nail, collar, perk up, find, arrest, gather up, get word, have, meet, see, receive, collect, nab, encounter, incur, lift up, turn around, apprehend, get a line, uplift, obtain, find out, percolate, experience, elate, catch, learn, get wind, perk, discover, intoxicate -
pick upverb
lift out or reflect from a background
«The scarf picks up the color of the skirt»; «His eyes picked up his smile»
Synonyms:
percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate -
pick upverb
meet someone for sexual purposes
«he always tries to pick up girls in bars»
Synonyms:
percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate -
elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicateverb
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
«Music can uplift your spirits»
Synonyms:
nail, percolate, call for, perk, lift up, perk up, get wind, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, catch, turn around, apprehend, receive, soak, find out, discover, intoxicate, peck, nab, arrest, inebriate, collar, cop, see -
turn around, pick upverb
improve significantly; go from bad to good
«Her performance in school picked up»
Synonyms:
nail, percolate, call for, swing about, lift up, perk up, get wind, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, catch, arrest, apprehend, receive, perk, find out, turn around, intoxicate, peck, nab, discover, swing around, collar, cop, see -
catch, pick upverb
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»
Synonyms:
hitch, cop, take in, peck, call for, capture, beguile, get, percolate, nail, trip up, perk up, captivate, view, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, trance, fascinate, enamor, see, find out, collar, becharm, catch, catch up with, watch, receive, gain vigor, lift up, entrance, apprehend, get a line, charm, uplift, intoxicate, overhear, turn around, elate, enamour, overtake, grab, learn, enchant, get wind, perk, collect, discover, take hold of, bewitch, hear -
peck, pick upverb
eat by pecking at, like a bird
Synonyms:
nag, cop, peck, call for, perk up, nail, lift up, pick, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, see, find out, collect, hen-peck, beak, pick at, learn, receive, gain vigor, collar, turn around, apprehend, smack, get a line, uplift, percolate, peck at, elate, catch, hear, get wind, perk, discover, intoxicate -
perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigorverb
gain or regain energy
«I picked up after a nap»
Synonyms:
gain vigor, cop, peck, call for, arouse, percolate, nail, energize, lift up, perk up, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, stimulate, energise, see, receive, collect, learn, filter, leach, permeate, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, uplift, find out, sink in, brace, elate, catch, hear, get wind, perk, discover, intoxicate
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- Bring Out
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Nobuhiko Kuramochi:
Strength in these stocks indicate a pick up in global demand, which helps appetite for Japanese stocks as well.
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Pyae Sone Aung:
We did not know who got shot at first, it was like a war zone, all we could do was wait until the police retreated so that ambulances and paramedics could come and pick up the bodies, people injured and shot.
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Paula Larson-Schusster:
I’ve had people pick their nose and scratch their private parts and then they pick up the chips, i’ve had people shoot NyQuil on the table because they’ve got the flu but since they’re in Vegas they’re going to play.
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Alexandre Baradez:
Recent strong comments by (ECB President Mario) Draghi seem to be paving the way for the bank to start buying sovereign or corporate bonds, there is very little chance to see the ECB back-tracking as long as inflation doesn’t start to pick up, which will support stock indexes in the medium term.
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Black Republican:
Ben CrumpCameron on Tuesday goes into a city, creates a narrative, cherry picks facts to establish, to prove that narrative, creates chaos in a community, misrepresents the facts, and then Ben CrumpCameron on Tuesday leaves with Ben CrumpCameron on Tuesday money, and then asks the community to pick up the pieces.
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- امسكArabic
- samle, tageDanish
- abschleppen, weitermachen, aufheben, aufnehmen, begreifen, abheben, fortfahren, fortsetzen, übernehmen, mitnehmen, sich berappeln, verstehen, wieder einsetzen, hochheben, auffangen, wahrnehmen, empfangen, abholen, sich fangen, wieder loslegen, sich erholen, kapieren, bemerken, wieder aufnehmen, abnehmenGerman
- coger, recolectar, mejorar, captar, contestar, recogerSpanish
- nousta, ottaa kyytiin, kasvaa, huomata, vastata, ymmärtää, oppia, iskeä, nostaa, vastaanottaa, panna merkille, poimia, jatkaa, maksaaFinnish
- chercher, draguer, soulever, s’améliorer, noter, reprendre, capter, collecterFrench
- pioc suas, tógIrish
- togScottish Gaelic
- אָסַףHebrew
- उठानाHindi
- sollevare, tirare su, raccogliereItalian
- 迎えに行く, 拾い上げる, ナンパする, 拾う, 乗せるJapanese
- 마중하다, 작업하다Korean
- ngoratMalay
- hente (noen)Norwegian
- odebrać, podnosić, podrywać, podnieśćPolish
- coletar, buscar, captar, pegar, apanharPortuguese
- возобновить, улавливать, подбирать, забирать, уловить, подобрать, брать трубку, улучшаться, забрать, подцеплять, поднимать, взять трубку, улучшиться, подцепить, поднять, возобновлятьRussian
- ไปรับThai
- toplamakTurkish
- اٹھاناUrdu
- nhặt lênVietnamese
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pick
( picks plural & 3rd person present) ( picking present participle) ( picked past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one.
Mr Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in London… V n
I had deliberately picked a city with a tropical climate. V n
2 n-sing You can refer to the best things or people in a particular group as the pickof that group.
the N, usu the N of n
The boys here are the pick of the under-15 cricketers in the country…
3 verb When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them.
She used to pick flowers in the Cromwell Road… V n
4 verb If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand.
He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate… V n prep
5 verb If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth.
Edgar, don’t pick your nose, dear… V n
6 verb If you pick a fight or quarrel with someone, you deliberately cause one.
He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail… V n with n
7 verb If someone such as a thief picks a lock, they open it without a key, for example by using a piece of wire.
He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer. V n
8 n-count A pick is the same as a pickaxe.
10 If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.
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pick and choose phrase Vs inflect, usu PHR n
We, the patients, cannot pick and choose our doctors.
11 If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
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have one’s pick phrase V inflects, PHR of n
Here is an actress who could have her pick of any part…
12 If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
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take one’s pick phrase V inflects, oft PHR of/from n
Accountants can take their pick of company cars…
13 If you pick your way across an area, you walk across it very carefully in order to avoid obstacles or dangerous things.
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pick one’s way phrase V inflects, PHR prep/adv
The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution…
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to pick someone’s brains
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brain
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to pick holes in something
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hole
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to pick someone’s pocket
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pocket pick at phrasal verb If you pick at the food that you are eating, you eat only very small amounts of it.
Sarah picked at a plate of cheese for supper, but she wasn’t really hungry. V P n pick off phrasal verb If someone picks off people or aircraft, they shoot them down one by one, aiming carefully at them from a distance.
Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders… V P n (not pron)
Any decent shot with telescopic sights could pick us off at random. V n P pick on
1 phrasal verb If someone picks on you, they repeatedly criticize you unfairly or treat you unkindly.
INFORMAL Bullies pick on younger children… V P n
2 phrasal verb If someone picks on a particular person or thing, they choose them, for example for special attention or treatment.
(mainly BRIT)
(=pick)
When you have made up your mind, pick on a day when you will not be under much stress… V P n pick out
1 phrasal verb If you pick out someone or something, you recognize them when it is difficult to see them, for example because they are among a large group.
The detective-constable picked out the words with difficulty… V P n (not pron)
Steven describes himself as `a regular guy<endash>you couldn’t pick me out of a crowd’. V n P
2 phrasal verb If you pick out someone or something, you choose them from a group of people or things.
(=select)
I have been picked out to represent the whole team… V P n (not pron)
There are so many great newscasters it’s difficult to pick one out. V n P
3 phrasal verb If part of something is picked outin a particular colour, it is painted in that colour so that it can be seen clearly beside the other parts.
usu passive
(=highlight)
The name is picked out in gold letters over the shop-front. be V-ed P pick over phrasal verb If you pick over a quantity of things, you examine them carefully, for example to reject the ones you do not want.
Pick over the fruit and pile on top of the cream. V P n (not pron) pick up
1 phrasal verb When you pick something up, you lift it up.
He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head… V n P
Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it. V P n (not pron)
2 phrasal verb When you pickyourselfup after you have fallen or been knocked down, you stand up rather slowly.
Anthony picked himself up and set off along the track. V pron-refl P
3 phrasal verb When you pick up someone or something that is waiting to be collected, you go to the place where they are and take them away, often in a car.
She went over to her parents’ house to pick up some clean clothes… V P n (not pron)
I picked her up at Covent Garden to take her to lunch with my mother. V n P
4 phrasal verb If someone is picked up by the police, they are arrested and taken to a police station.
Rawlings had been picked up by police at his office… be V-ed P
The police picked him up within the hour. V n P, Also V P n (not pron)
5 phrasal verb If you pick up something such as a skill or an idea, you acquire it without effort over a period of time.
INFORMAL Where did you pick up your English?… V P n (not pron)
6 phrasal verb If you pick up someone you do not know, you talk to them and try to start a sexual relationship with them.
INFORMAL He had picked her up at a nightclub on Kallari Street, where she worked as a singer. V n P, Also V P n (not pron)
7 phrasal verb If you pick up an illness, you get it from somewhere or something.
(=catch)
They’ve picked up a really nasty infection from something they’ve eaten. V P n (not pron), Also V n P
8 phrasal verb If a piece of equipment, for example a radio or a microphone, picks up a signal or sound, it receives it or detects it.
We can pick up Italian television… V P n (not pron)
9 phrasal verb If you pick up something, such as a feature or a pattern, you discover or identify it.
Consumers in Europe are slow to pick up trends in the use of information technology. V P n (not pron)
10 phrasal verb If someone picks up a point or topic that has already been mentioned, or if they pick up on it, they refer to it or develop it.
Can I just pick up that gentleman’s point?… V P n (not pron)
I’ll pick up on what I said a couple of minutes ago. V P P n, Also V n P
11 phrasal verb If trade or the economy of a country picks up, it improves.
Industrial production is beginning to pick up. V P
12 phrasal verb If you pick someone up on something that they have said or done, you mention it and tell them that you think it is wrong.
(mainly BRIT)
…if I may pick you up on that point… V n P P n
14 When you pick up the pieces after a disaster, you do what you can to get the situation back to normal again.
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pick up the pieces phrase V inflects
Do we try and prevent problems or do we try and pick up the pieces afterwards?…
15 When a vehicle picks up speed, it begins to move more quickly.
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pick up speed phrase V inflects
(=accelerate)
Brian pulled away slowly, but picked up speed.
cherry-pick ( cherry-picks 3rd person present) ( cherry-picking present participle) ( cherry-picked past tense & past participle ) If someone cherry-picks people or things, they choose the best ones from a group of them, often in a way that other people consider unfair. verb
The club is in debt while others are queuing to cherry-pick their best players. V n
hand-pick ( hand-picks 3rd person present) ( hand-picking present participle) ( hand-picked past tense & past participle ) , handpick If someone is hand-picked, they are very carefully chosen by someone in authority for a particular purpose or a particular job. verb
He was hand-picked for this job by the Admiral… be V-ed
Sokagakkai was able to hand-pick his successor. V n
ice pick ( ice picks plural ) , icepick An ice pick is a small pointed tool that you use for breaking ice. n-count
pick-me-up ( pick-me-ups plural ) A pick-me-up is something that you have or do when you are tired or depressed in order to make you feel better.
INFORMAL n-count
This is an ideal New Year pick-me-up<endash>a five day holiday in the Bahamas.
pick ‘n’ mix , pick and mix
Pick ‘n’ mix is used to describe a way of getting a collection of things together by choosing a number of different ones.
(BRIT) adj ADJ n
It is, as some senior officials conceded, a pick ‘n’ mix approach to policy., …a pick-and-mix selection of fabrics and wallpapers.
pick-up ( pick-ups plural ) , pickup
1 n-count A pick-up or a pick-up truck is a small truck with low sides that can be easily loaded and unloaded.
2 n-sing A pick-upin trade or in a country’s economy is an improvement in it.
usu N in n
…a pick-up in the housing market…
3 n-count A pick-up takes place when someone picks up a person or thing that is waiting to be collected.
usu N n
The company had pick-up points in most cities…
4 n-count When a pick-up takes place, someone talks to a person in a friendly way in the hope of having a casual sexual relationship with them.
INFORMAL They had come to the world’s most famous pick-up joint.
- gather
- take up
- elevate
- grasp
- hoist
- rear
- uphold
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- acquire
- buy
- gain
- gather
- get
- have
- learn
- purchase
- score
- take
- annex
- chalk up
- come across
- compass
- cull
- extract
- garner
- get the hang of
- glean
- happen upon
- procure
- secure
- continue
- gain
- increase
- recover
- take up
- gain ground
- get better
- get well
- make a comeback
- mend
- perk up
- rally
- recommence
- renew
- reopen
- restart
- resume
- swell
- collect
- get
- go for
- offer
- accompany
- drop in for
- give a lift
- go to get
- invite
- proposition
- stop for
- apprehend
- book
- bust
- collar
- detain
- nab
- pinch
- pull in
- run-in
- take into custody
On this page you’ll find 220 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pick up, such as: gather, take up, elevate, grasp, hoist, and rear.
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How to use pick up in a sentence
The majority pick up a job when they can, but are inevitably idle and suffering two-thirds of the time.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY
But if they all pick up the broadcast that this is where to get a free ride home, I’ll have just another sand trap here.
FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFE
Isabel longed for the time when she should enter them and pick up the threads dropped from her mother’s nerveless fingers.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
He stooped to pick up the turban and his eye fell on the regimental device of the metal badge.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
Without uttering a word, I pick up the heavy saltcellar, and fling it violently against the French mirror.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMAN
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO PICK UP
- access
- achieve
- amass
- annex
- attain
- bring in
- buy
- catch
- collect
- cop
- corral
- earn
- gain
- gather
- get
- get hands on
- get hold of
- grab
- have
- land
- latch onto
- lock up
- pick up
- procure
- promote
- rack up
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- secure
- snag
- take
- take possession of
- wangle
- win
- accommodation
- apprehension
- appropriation
- bag
- booby trap
- bust
- captivity
- capture
- collar
- commitment
- confinement
- constraint
- crimp
- detention
- drop
- fall
- gaff
- glom
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- heat
- hook
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- jailing
- mitt
- nab
- nail
- nick
- nip
- pick up
- pickle
- pinch
- preventive custody
- protective custody
- pull
- pull in
- restraining
- run-in
- snare
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- bag
- book
- brace
- bust
- capture
- catch
- collar
- detain
- drop
- gaff
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- glom
- grab
- hook
- imprison
- incarcerate
- jail
- kick
- nab
- nail
- net
- nick
- pick up
- pinch
- pull
- pull in
- put the arm on
- put the cuffs on
- round up
- roust
- run-in
- secure
- seize
- sidetrack
- snag
- tab
- tag
- take in
- take prisoner
- toss in jail
- catch on
- check
- check out
- check up on
- confirm
- determine
- dig
- discover
- divine
- double-check
- establish
- eye
- eyeball
- find out
- fix
- get down cold
- get down pat
- get hold of
- get it down
- get the hang of
- identify
- learn
- learn the ropes
- make certain
- make sure
- peg
- pick up
- pick up on
- read
- see
- settle
- size
- size up
- tell
- verify
- catching on
- checking
- checking out
- checking up on
- confirming
- determining
- digging
- discovering
- divining
- double-checking
- establishing
- eyeballing
- eyeing
- finding out
- fixing
- getting down cold
- getting down patting
- getting hold of
- getting it down
- getting the hang of
- identifying
- learning
- learning the ropes
- look-seeing
- making certain
- making sure
- pegging
- picking up
- picking up on
- reading
- seeing
- settling
- size up
- sizing
- telling
- verifying
- catch
- concentrate on
- devote oneself
- follow
- get a load of
- hear
- hearken
- heed
- keep an eye on
- lend an ear
- listen
- listen up
- look after
- look on
- mark
- mind
- note
- notice
- observe
- occupy oneself with
- pay heed
- pick up
- regard
- see to
- watch
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