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pick up

v. take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"

pick up

v. get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"

pick up

v. meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"

pick up

v. lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"

pick up

v. buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"

pick up

v. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"

turn around, pick up

v. improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"

pick up, receive

v. register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"

collect, pick up, gather up, call for

v. 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"

pick up, lift up, gather up

v. take and lift upward

perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor

v. gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"

elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate

v. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"

collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop

v. take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see

v. 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"

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gather, garner, collect, pull together

v. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

net, clear

v. yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

reap, draw

v. get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

raise

v. pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'"

cheer, cheer up, chirk up

v. become cheerful

gladden

v. become glad or happy

please

v. give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"

cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden

v. give encouragement to

capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant

v. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"

enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight

v. hold spellbound

overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

get, catch, capture

v. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"

catch

v. get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly; "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath"

bag

v. capture or kill, as in hunting; "bag a few pheasants"

get, get under one's skin

v. irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"

intercept, stop

v. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

unearth

v. bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President"

discover, find

v. make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

find

v. perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"

determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn

v. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

determine, find, find out, ascertain

v. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

pick, pluck, cull

v. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

change state, turn

v. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

pick, pluck, cull

v. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

gather, garner, collect, pull together

v. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

pick, pluck, cull

v. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

put, set, place, pose, position, lay

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

put, set, place, pose, position, lay

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

drop

v. fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop"

demoralize

v. confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"

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