Verb

(deriv)

To obtain or receive (something) from something else.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Sarah Glaz

, title= Ode to Prime Numbers , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.}}

(logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.

(linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).

(chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.

To originate or stem (from).

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

, author=Robert M. Pringle, volume=100, issue=1, page=31, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= How to Be Manipulative , passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}

To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.

* (and other bibliographic details) Holland

For fear it [water] choke up the pitsthey [the workman] derive it by other drains.

Verb

(lb) To lift; to grasp and raise.

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To collect an object, especially in passing.

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*:"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal."

To clean up; to return to an organized state.

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*1967 , (Beverly Cleary), (Mitch and Amy) , 2009 edition, ISBN 9780688108069, p.28:

*:The floor was strewn with bright snips of origami paper, a crumpled drawing, and one dirty sock, which Amy now shoved under the bed with her foot. ¶ "You're lucky," said Marla. "My mother makes me pick up my room every single day."

(lb) To collect a passenger.

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(lb) To collect and detain (a suspect).

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(lb) To improve, increase or speed up.

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(lb) To restart or resume.

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*2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises

*:Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.

(lb) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.

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(lb) To receive (a radio signal or the like).

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To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on".

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(lb) To point out (a person's behaviour, habits or actions) in a critical manner.

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To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.

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To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone.

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To pay for.

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To reduce the despondency of.

*1973 (released 1974), (Lynard Skynyrd), (Sweet Home Alabama)

*:they pick' me ' up when I'm feeling blue

To take control (physically) of something.

*{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Chris Whyatt, work=BBC

, title= Chelsea 1-0 Bolton , passage=Bolton were then just inches from taking the lead, but the dangerous-looking Taylor drilled just wide after picking up a loose ball following Jose Bosingwa's poor attempted clearance.}}

(lb) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 18, author=David Dulin, work=BBC

, title= Cardiff 0-2 Stoke , passage=And soon after, no-one picked up Shotton who was free to power a 12-yard header over from another Pennant corner, before Pennant sent a free kick straight at Cardiff keeper Tom Heaton.}}

To record, to notch up.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 28, author=Tom Rostance, work=BBC Sport

, title= Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos , passage=And the home side survived without any late scares to pick up the first win of their Group F campaign.}}