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- Dictionarypluck/plʌk/
verb
- 1. take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place: "she plucked a blade of grass" Similar
- 2. quickly or suddenly remove someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation: "the baby was plucked from a grim orphanage"
noun
- 1. spirited and determined courage: "it must have taken a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked ‘Danger’"
- 2. the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food.
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The meaning of PLUCK is to pull or pick off or out. How to use pluck in a sentence.
PLUCK definition: 1. to pull something, especially with a sudden movement, in order to remove it: 2. to remove the…. Learn more.
9 meanings: 1. to pull off (feathers, fruit, etc) from (a fowl, tree, etc) 2. to pull or tug 3. archaic to pull (something).... Click for more definitions.
Pluck definition: to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.. See examples of PLUCK used in a sentence.
n. 1. The act or an instance of plucking. 2. Resourceful courage and daring in the face of difficulties; spirit. 3. The heart, liver, windpipe, and lungs of a slaughtered animal. [Middle English plukken, from Old English pluccian, probably from Vulgar Latin *piluccāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre, from pilus, hair .] pluck′er n.
To pluck is to pick or pull a single item out of many, like a flower or a hair. As a noun, pluck is energy or enthusiasm, even when things are looking grim.
PLUCK definition: 1. to quickly pull something or someone from the place where they are: 2. to pull all the feathers…. Learn more.
To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick. Pluck a flower; pluck feathers from a chicken.
Definition of pluck verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. If you pluck a fruit, flower, or leaf, you take it between your fingers and pull it in order to remove it from its stalk where it is growing. [written] [...] 2. If you pluck something from somewhere, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply from where it is.
