picking up

1.to lift someone or something up from a surface; to lift things up and put them in the place where they are kept in order to make a place neat; to make a place clean and neat; to lift something up and take it away

2.to go and meet someone or something that you have arranged to take somewhere in a vehicle; to arrest someone and take them away in a car; to take someone who is waiting by the road into your vehicle and take them somewhere

3.to learn a new skill or start a habit without intending to

4.to get an illness

5.to buy something

6.to receive an electronic signal on a radio or similar piece of equipment

7.to earn money

8.to win something such as a prize

9.to notice a smell or sound, or to notice that someone or something is present

10.to start talking to someone because you want to have sex with them

11.to start something again, from the point where you stopped

12.to improve; if something such as the wind picks up, it becomes stronger; if something picks up speed, it starts to move faster

13.to pay for something

14.to try to return to a normal life after a difficult experience

15.to return to a situation that existed before something went wrong