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Meaning of 'pluck' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pluck [ n.]
- The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
- The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
- Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
- The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
2 . Pluck [ v. i.]
- To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
3 . Pluck [ v. t.]
- To pull; to draw.
- Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.
- To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
- To reject at an examination for degrees.
- The lyrie.

Meaning of 'pluck' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pluck [ v]
Meaning (1):
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
Example in sentence:
  • he plucked the strings of his mandolin
Meaning (2):
- look for and gather
Example in sentence:
  • pick flowers;
  • pick mushrooms
Meaning (3):
- strip of feathers
Example in sentence:
  • pluck the capon;
  • pull a chicken
Meaning (4):
- pull or pull out sharply
Example in sentence:
  • pluck the flowers off the bush

Nearby Words:

plucked plucker pluckily pluckiness plucking pluckless plucky pluff plug plugged

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