Pick up and Search

Pick up

Pick up verb - To acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in.
Usage example: he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks

Search and pick up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Search" instead a verb "Pick up".

Search

Search verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

Pick up and search are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pick up" instead a verb "Search".

Mutual synonyms

Both terms in one sentence

  • Bee Afraid Scout hornets that pick up this pheromone leave, and go off in search of easier prey.
    Source: Bee Afraid
  • Video Game / Diablo Also, since you could pick up something as soon as the cursor was in the same square, you had to search much less than you'd think at first.
  • Fairy Tale Tropes The Quest: Archetypically — the character leaves home voluntarily or not, and pick up something to search for on the way if they don't have it already.
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Search and Pick up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pick_up/search
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