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Pluck

plʌk

Pluck definitions

verb

Inflections:

pluck plucked plucking plucks

take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place

"she plucked a blade of grass"

Synonyms:
remove pick off pick pull pull off/out extract take take off
- catch hold of and pull quickly
  
  "she plucked his sleeve"
- pull the feathers from (a bird's carcass) to prepare it for cooking
  
  "the turkeys are plucked and cleaned by machine"
- pull some of the hairs from (one's eyebrows) to make them look neater
  
  "whether you pluck your eyebrows depends on your type of looks"
- (of glacier ice) break off (pieces of rock) by mechanical force
quickly or suddenly remove someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation

"the baby was plucked from a grim orphanage"
sound (a musical instrument or its strings) with one's finger or a plectrum

"she picked up her guitar and plucked it idly"

Synonyms:
strum pick thrum twang plunk finger

noun

Inflections:

pluck