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pick up

Verb

  1. 1

    pick up

    To pick up something that has dropped or dispersed on the ground.

    Korean definition: 바닥에 떨어지거나 흩어져 있는 것을 집다.

    • The child sat on the beach and picked up seashells.

    • Every morning, Father picks up the newspaper in front of the gate and brings it in.

  2. 2

    find

    To pick up an item that someone has lost.

    Korean definition: 남이 잃어버린 물건을 집다.

    • He quietly pocketed money that someone had dropped.

    • Yumin took the wallet she found on the street to the police station.

  3. 3

    adopt

    To bring an abandoned child into one's household in order to raise him/her.

    Korean definition: 버려진 아이를 키우려고 데려오다.

    • My parents adopted me, but they cherished me more than a child of their own.

    • When Jisu entered high school and found out she was an adopted child, she was deeply shocked.

  4. 4

    grab

    To take or bring anything that one can get one's hands on.

    Korean definition: 아무 것이나 취하거나 가져오다.

    • Jisu must have been hungry, because she kept grabbing and eating the snacks in front of her.

    • Claiming to tidy up the room, the child carelessly grabbed the things on the floor and stuffed them away.