pluck
/plʌk/ verb B2- To pull something sharply; to pull something out · She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.
- To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
- To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar. · Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.
- To remove feathers from (a bird).
- To play a string instrument pizzicato. · Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break.
- To pull or twitch sharply. · to pluck at somebody's sleeve
- Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
He/she/it plucks · Past plucked · Past participle plucked · -ing form plucking
Verb forms
- Base form
- pluck
- He/she/it
- plucks
- Past
- plucked
- Past participle
- plucked
- -ing form
- plucking
From the library
A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her.
The Owl next advised them to pluck up the seed of the flax, which men had sown, as it was a plant which boded no good to them.
If no cruel hand pluck me from my stem, yet I must perish by an early doom.
Diana, turning pale with pity, plucked the wreath from Anne’s hair and squeezed her hand.
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