1. (verb)pick up, lift up, gather up take and lift upward
2. (verb)pick up take up by hand "He picked up the book and started to read"
3. (verb)pick up give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
4. (verb)collect, pick up, gather up, call for 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"
5. (verb)learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see 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"
6. (verb)pick up get in addition, as an increase "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
7. (verb)collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop take into custody "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
8. (verb)pick up buy casually or spontaneously "I picked up some food for a snack"
9. (verb)pick up, receive register (perceptual input) "pick up a signal"
10. (verb)pick up lift out or reflect from a background "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
11. (verb)pick up meet someone for sexual purposes "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
12. (verb)elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate fill with high spirits; fill with optimism "Music can uplift your spirits"
13. (verb)turn around, pick up improve significantly; go from bad to good "Her performance in school picked up"
14. (verb)catch, pick up 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"
15. (verb)peck, pick up eat by pecking at, like a bird
16. (verb)perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor gain or regain energy "I picked up after a nap"
Definitions of pick up 
Afrikaans: geleer
Arabic: يَلْتَقِط المَعرِفَه، يَت
Bulgarian: научавам
Brazilian: aprender de ouvido
Czech: pochytit
German: aufschnappen
Danish: tilegne sig
Greek: μαθαίνω εμπειρικά
Spanish: aprender
Estonian: iseõppima
Farsi: کسب کردن
Finnish: oppia itsenäisesti
French: apprendre
Hebrew: לְהַשִׂיג
Hindi: धीरे-धीरे सीखना
Croatian: pomalo naučiti
Hungarian: (gyorsan) elsajátít (vmit
Indonesian: belajar sendiri
Icelandic: læra (án formlegrar kenns
Italian: imparare
Japanese: 覚える
Korean: 우연히 익히게 되다
Lithuanian: išmokti, pramokti
Latvian: iemācīties (pēc dzirdes, 
Malay: belajar sendiri
Dutch: oppikken
Norwegian: lære, tilegne seg, plukke
Polish: podłapać, nauczyć się
Persian: کسب کردن
Pashto: لاس ته راوړل
Portuguese: aprender de ouvido
Romanian: a prinde (din zbor)
Russian: научиться, нахвататься
Slovak: pochytiť
Slovenian: naučiti se mimogrede
Serbian: naučiti usput
Swedish: snappa upp, lära sig
Thai: เรียนรู้อย่างไม่เป็นทางกา
Turkish: pratiktenöğrenmek
Taiwanese: (未經正規授課而)自然而然學會
Ukrainian: навчитися
Urdu: دھيرے دھيرے سيکھنا
Vietnamese: tự học
Chinese: （未经正规授课而）自然学会
