Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pick up | No | No | Yes | No |
recover | No | No | Yes | No |
pick up (verb) | recover (verb) |
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gain or regain energy | get over an illness or shock |
improve significantly; go from bad to good | regain a former condition after a financial loss |
lift out or reflect from a background | get or find back; recover the use of |
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | regain or make up for |
eat by pecking at, like a bird | reuse (materials from waste products) |
take into custody | cover anew |
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 |