| slovo | definícia |
pick up
(mass) | pick up
- zdvihnúť |
pick up
(encz) | pick up,nabrat [frsl.] Pino |
pick up
(encz) | pick up,vyzvednout v: koho/co kde Rostislav Svoboda |
pick up
(encz) | pick up,zachytit v: Rostislav Svoboda |
pick up
(encz) | pick up,získat v: Rostislav Svoboda |
pick up
(encz) | pick up,zvednout v: |
pick up
(wn) | pick up
v 1: take and lift upward [syn: pick up, lift up, {gather
up}]
2: take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"
3: give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a
hitchhiker on the highway"
4: 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" [syn: collect, pick up, {gather
up}, call for]
5: 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" [syn: learn, hear, get word, {get
wind}, pick up, find out, get a line, discover,
see]
6: get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up
thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
7: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest,
pick up, nab, cop]
8: buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a
snack"
9: register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" [syn: {pick
up}, receive]
10: lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up
the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
11: meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick
up girls in bars"
12: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can
uplift your spirits" [syn: elate, lift up, uplift,
pick up, intoxicate] [ant: cast down, deject,
demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit,
get down]
13: improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance
in school picked up" [syn: turn around, pick up]
14: 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" [syn: catch, {pick
up}]
15: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: peck, pick up]
16: gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" [syn: {perk
up}, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
pick up the gauntlet
(encz) | pick up the gauntlet, v: |
pick up the pace
(encz) | pick up the pace,chytnout tempo v: Clock |
pick up the pieces
(encz) | pick up the pieces, |
pick up the tab
(encz) | pick up the tab, |
To pick up
(gcide) | Pick \Pick\ (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Picked (p[i^]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Picking.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck;
akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G.
picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. Peck, v., Pike, Pitch
to throw.]
1. To throw; to pitch. [Obs.]
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As high as I could pick my lance. --Shak.
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2. To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with
anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument;
to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
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3. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points;
as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
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4. To open (a lock) as by a wire.
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5. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to
pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the
stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.
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6. To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with
the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to
pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.
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Did you pick Master Slender's purse? --Shak.
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He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems
With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet. --Cowper.
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7. To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable;
to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; --
often with out. "One man picked out of ten thousand."
--Shak.
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8. To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to
collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often
with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up
information.
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9. To trim. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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To pick at, to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance.
To pick a bone with. See under Bone.
To pick a thank, to curry favor. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's
Utopia).
To pick off.
(a) To pluck; to remove by picking.
(b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters
pick off the enemy.
To pick out.
(a) To mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark
stuff with lines or spots of bright colors.
(b) To select from a number or quantity.
To pick to pieces, to pull apart piece by piece; hence
[Colloq.], to analyze; esp., to criticize in detail.
To pick a quarrel, to give occasion of quarrel
intentionally.
To pick up.
(a) To take up, as with the fingers.
(b) To get by repeated efforts; to gather here and there;
as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news.
[1913 Webster]Pick \Pick\, v. i.
1. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
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Why stand'st thou picking? Is thy palate sore?
--Dryden.
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2. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to
small things; to select something with care.
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3. To steal; to pilfer. "To keep my hands from picking and
stealing." --Book of Com. Prayer.
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To pick up, to improve by degrees; as, he is picking up in
health or business. [Colloq. U.S.]
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pick up the gauntlet
(wn) | pick up the gauntlet
v 1: be dared to do something and attempt it [syn: {take a
dare}, pick up the gauntlet] |
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