Commentary: Includes: PICK UP
NOTE: This sense is reserved only for the physical act of lifting.
Examples:
If she starts to cry, pick her up and give her a cuddle.
I went to pick up the receiver, but it had stopped ringing.
He picked the book up from the table and held it in his hands.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_up 1
Commentary: Includes: PICK UP
Examples:
He picked up the book and started to read.
Have you ever picked up a hitchhiker?
She picked up the children at the day care center.
Where should he go in the waning hours of the campaign to pick up more votes?
I picked up some food for snack.
I really picked up a bargain during the weekend sale.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: pick.04
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_up 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
Commentary: Includes: PICK UP
Examples:
In most cases people are able to pick up the signal within a day.
I was always the one that picked up the smell of the flats first.
Police dogs picked up the scent of the two men from clothes they had left behind.
She is quick on picking up on the seasonal trends.
Someone is bound to pick up you are new to this job.
When you live in a country you soon pick up the language.
Mappings:
VerbNet: discover-84-1
FrameNet: Becoming_aware
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_up 5, 9, 14
Commentary: Includes: PICK UP
Examples:
The wind picked up late Saturday afternoon.
I'm hoping that the number will pick up as soon as this season is over.
I watched it at a very low time in my life and it picked up my spirits.
Her performance in school really picked up.
Her acting career picked up as she started appearing in sitcoms.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: pick.05
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_up 12, 13, 16
Commentary: Includes: PICK UP, PICK OUT
Examples:
The lettering was later picked up in gold lustre.
The scarf picks up the color of the skirt.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_up 10
Examples:
It is easy for them to pick off the most lucrative business and ignore the rest.
I scan through daily and pick off the best articles.
At the shop, Jen picked out a red tea named chocolate mint over ice.
Can you pick out the three deliberate mistakes in this paragraph?
The critics picked him out as the outstanding male dancer of the decade.
They hang around until the fish are thoroughly picked over in February.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NN
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: pick.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_over 1
pick_out 1, 2
pick_off 2
Commentary: Includes: PICK APART, PICK AT
Examples:
My master picked his defenses apart with ruthless efficiency.
You fail to see the main points and want to pick apart the argument devoid of context.
He picked at the way in which the papers were not referenced correctly.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: pick.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_apart 1
pick_at 3
Commentary: Includes: PICK AT
Examples:
He shook his head and picked at the dust between his feet.
Stop picking at your face and make it bleed.
Often he sat alone and just picked at his food.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_at 1, 2
Commentary: Includes: PICK UP
Examples:
He was picked up by the police for drug dealing.
The police picked her up just outside Canterbury.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: pick.09
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_up 7
Commentary: Includes: PICK UP
Examples:
In the '70s, you picked up women by blowing cigarette smoke in their face.
A man works odd jobs, picks up women, and drinks.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_up 11
Examples:
I fired, raising a sweat as I picked the targets off again without a miss.
Most of the chickens that roosted outside soon got picked off by various predators.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_off 1
Commentary: Includes: PICK UP THE GAUNTLET
Examples:
He is bound to pick up the gauntlet thrown down by McClaren.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pick_up_the_gauntlet 1