to pluck
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3.5
- verb
- /plʌk/
:
recoger (fruta)
- Like a starving street urchin he yearns to pluck peaches from the trees that grow in my grove.
- pluck fruit
- pluck a leaf
We went from plucking pears to pulling plows, right.
- We went from plucking pears to pulling plows, right.
- And the Buddha replies, when you like a flower, you simply pluck it and throw it away.
- Ignore the fact that I need to pluck my eyebrows, please.
- So Tide pods, pluck one out of the container, throw it in.
- And the teacher replied, when you like a flower, you simply pluck it.
- But the next thing that we did to grow a ton of Peppers is you pluck off the first few flowers.
- If you just find plucking your eyebrows way too painful, it can be a thing from hell.
- And then the final way that you can help increase female flowers is by one way, and that's by plucking the male flowers.
- Young males will pluck the eyebrows of their paramours, of their beloveds.
Examples
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One of my first tasks was to help her pluck out her underarm hair.
Academic text (1994) -
Inside the trailer, Julie's three students plucked at violin strings, tuning their instruments.
Fiction book (1992) -
Pick 'em and pluck 'em.
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Did you just pluck one of my hairs?
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But the next thing that we did to grow a ton of Peppers is you pluck off the first few flowers.
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Pluck a single hair from Jinx's head.
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Irene was in the kitchen, plucking leaves from a tied bunch of dried plants.
Fiction book (1991) -
I reached over to pluck a leaf from near the grave of Narcissa Whitman.
Academic text (2011) -
Her eyes moved like beetles, shiny, as she plucked item after item from the overloaded shelves.
Fiction book (1992) -
She decided to pluck a ripe apple from the tree for her lunch.
Synonyms
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1.0
To move something toward you using force, often to remove it
∞
1.0
To gather fruit or flowers by hand
523
2.7
To take something out of a place, often with effort
196
4.1
To pull something suddenly and hard
80
4.5
To pull something away quickly and roughly
68
4.4
To pull something out quickly and with force, often to remove it completely
41
2.7
To take something off from where it is attached
9
4.3
Pull things away one at a time
3
6.0
Remove small hairs or splinters from the skin using tweezers
To pick small things off with your fingers, like fruit or threads
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
1
3.9
Gently pull and release a string on an instrument like a guitar or harp to make a sound
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pluck comes from the old English verb pluccian meaning 'to pull off', and you can remember it by thinking of quickly pulling a flower, fruit, or splinter with your fingers.