Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pick up | No | No | Yes | No |
nail | Yes | No | Yes | No |
pick up (noun) | nail (noun) |
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a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | |
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits | |
a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard |
pick up (verb) | nail (verb) |
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gain or regain energy | complete a pass |
improve significantly; go from bad to good | attach something somewhere by means of nails |
lift out or reflect from a background | take into custody |
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | hit with great force |
eat by pecking at, like a bird | locate exactly |
take into custody | succeed at easily |
take up by hand | succeed in obtaining a position |
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism | |
give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift | |
take and lift upward | |
perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily | |
register (perceptual input) | |
buy casually or spontaneously | |
gather or collect | |
get in addition, as an increase | |
meet someone for sexual purposes |