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1 pick up speed
(to go faster; to accelerate: The car picked up speed as it ran down the hill.) αυξάνω ταχύτητα -
2 pick
I 1. [pik] verb1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) διαλέγω2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) μαζεύω3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) σηκώνω(από κάτω)4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) παραβιάζω(κλειδαριά)2. noun1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) ό,τι επιθυμείς2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) (το)καλύτερο•- pick-up
- pick and choose
- pick at
- pick someone's brains
- pick holes in
- pick off
- pick on
- pick out
- pick someone's pocket
- pick a quarrel/fight with someone
- pick a quarrel/fight with
- pick up
- pick up speed
- pick one's way II [pik] noun((also (British) pickaxe, (American) pickax - plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc.) αξίνα
См. также в других словарях:
pick up speed — (or steam) (of a vehicle) go faster; accelerate * * * pick up ˈspeed idiom to go faster • The train began to pick up speed. Main entry: ↑pickidiom … Useful english dictionary
pick up speed — increase the speed of The car picked up speed as it began to go down the hill … Idioms and examples
pick up speed — to increase in value or degree. Stocks picked up speed in the final hour of trading this afternoon … New idioms dictionary
pick up speed — verb To accelerate Syn: gather pace … Wiktionary
pick — 1 /pIk/ verb (T) 1 CHOOSE STH to choose someone or something good or suitable from a group or range of people or things: Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15. | Let me pick a few examples at random. | pick your words (=be careful … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pick — pick1 W1S1 [pık] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choose something)¦ 2¦(flowers/fruit etc)¦ 3¦(remove something)¦ 4 pick your way through/across/among etc something 5 pick your nose 6 pick your teeth 7 pick somebody s brains 8 pick a quarrel/fight (with… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pick — pick1 [ pık ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to choose someone or something from a group: Out of all the girls he could have gone out with, he picked me. pick someone/something for something: She was picked for the school play. pick someone to do… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pick up — phrasal verb Word forms pick up : present tense I/you/we/they pick up he/she/it picks up present participle picking up past tense picked up past participle picked up 1) [transitive] to lift someone or something up from a surface He picked the… … English dictionary
speed — speed1 W1S2 [spi:d] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(of movement)¦ 2¦(of action)¦ 3¦(fast)¦ 4¦(photography)¦ 5¦(drug)¦ 6 five speed/ten speed etc 7 up to speed ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: sped success, quickness ] … Dictionary of contemporary English
speed — [[t]spi͟ːd[/t]] ♦♦ speeds, speeding, sped, speeded (The form of the past tense and past participle is sped in meaning 5 but speeded for the phrasal verb.) 1) N VAR: with supp The speed of something is the rate at which it moves or travels. He… … English dictionary
speed — 1 W1, S2 /spi:d/ noun 1 OF MOVEMENT (C, U) how fast something moves or travels: What speed are we doing? | Police are advising motorists to reduce speed. | pick up/gather speed (=gradually start to travel faster): Once outside the station, the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
