Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pick up | No | No | Yes | No |
purchase | Yes | No | Yes | No |
pick up (noun) | purchase (noun) |
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the acquisition of something for payment | |
the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | |
a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage | |
something acquired by purchase |
pick up (verb) | purchase (verb) |
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gain or regain energy | obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction |
improve significantly; go from bad to good | |
lift out or reflect from a background | |
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | |
eat by pecking at, like a bird | |
take into custody | |
take up by hand | |
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 |