Gain vs Pick_up - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
(obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
(dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
(dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
(obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
(dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
(dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
The act of gaining.
* Tennyson
What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend.
* Shakespeare
(electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
To acquire possession of what one did not have before.
* Bible, Matthew xvi. 26
* Alexander Pope
To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
* Bible, Ezekiel xxii. 12
(dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
To increase.
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
To reach.
* 1907 , Jack London, The Iron Heel :
To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
* Bible, Matthew xviii. 15
* Dryden
To put on weight.
(of a clock or watch) To run fast.
(architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
(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
*: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.
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, title= (lb) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
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, title= To record, to notch up.
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Gain is a related term of pick_up.
As nouns the difference between gain and pick_up
is that gain is the act of gaining or gain can be (architecture) a square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam while pick_up is .As verbs the difference between gain and pick_up
is that gain is to acquire possession of what one did not have before while pick_up is (lb) to lift; to grasp and raise.As a preposition gain
is (obsolete) against.As an adjective gain
is (obsolete) straight, direct; near; short.As an adverb gain
is (obsolete) straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.gain
English
Etymology 1
From dialectal English (m), (m), short for (m), . More at (l).Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), , from the adjective.Adjective
(en adjective)- the gainest way
Derived terms
* (l) * (l)Adverb
(en adverb)- gain quiet (= fairly/pretty quiet)
Etymology 3
From (etyl) (m), . The Middle English word was reinforced by (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)- the lust of gain
- No pain, no gain .
- Everyone shall share in the gains .
Antonyms
* lossDerived terms
* autogain * gainful * gainsomeVerb
(en verb)- Looks like you've gained a new friend.
- What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
- For fame with toil we gain , but lose with ease.
- The sick man gains daily.
- Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion.
- to gain''' a battle; to '''gain a case at law
- Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
- I'm gaining (on you).
- gain ground
- to gain the top of a mountain
- Ernest laughed harshly and savagely when he had gained the street.
- If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- to gratify the queen, and gain the court
- I've been gaining .
Etymology 4
Compare (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* (l) * (l) * (l), (l) ----pick_up
English
Verb
The Dark Knight Rises
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.}}
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.}}
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.}}