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What does pick up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pick up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
  2. (transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing.
  3. (transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.
  4. (transitive) To collect a passenger.
  5. (transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect).
  6. (intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up.
  7. (intransitive) To restart or resume.
  8. (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.
  9. (transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like).
  10. (transitive and intransitive with on, by extension) To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on".
  11. (transitive) To point out (a person's behaviour, habits, or actions) in a critical manner.
  12. (transitive and intransitive with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
  13. (transitive or intransitive) To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone.
  14. To pay for.
  15. To reduce the despondency of.
  16. To take control (physically) of something.
  17. (soccer) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
  18. To record, to notch up.
Noun
  1. (rare) Alternative form of pickup
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