transcription, транскрипция: [ transitive verb ]
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : to take hold of and lift up
b. : to gather together : collect
picked up all the pieces
c. : to clean up : tidy
2. : to take (passengers or freight) into a vehicle
3.
a. : to acquire casually or by chance
picked up a valuable antique at an auction
b. : to acquire by study or experience : learn
picking up a great deal of knowledge in the process — Robert Schleicher
c. : to obtain especially by payment : buy
picked up some groceries
d. : to acquire (a player) especially from another team through a trade or by financial recompense
e. : to accept for the purpose of paying
offered to pick up the tab
f. : to come down with : catch
picked up a cold
g. : gain , earn
picked up a few yards on the last play
picked up her first victory
4.
a. : to enter informally into conversation or companionship with (a previously unknown person)
had a brief affair with a girl he picked up in a bar
b. : to take into custody
the police picked up the fugitive
5.
a. : to catch sight of : perceive
picked up the harbor lights
b. : to come to and follow
picked up the outlaw's trail
c. : to bring within range of sight or hearing
pick up distant radio signals
d. : understand , catch
didn't pick up the hint
6.
a. : revive
b. : increase
7. : to resume after a break : continue
pick up the discussion tomorrow
8. : to assume responsibility for guarding (an opponent) in an athletic contest
intransitive verb
1. : to recover or increase speed, vigor, or activity : improve
after the strike, business picked up
the wind began to pick up
2. : to put things in order
was always picking up after her
3. : to pack up one's belongings
couldn't just pick up and leave
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