| slovo | definícia |
pluck
(mass) | pluck
- trhať |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,droby n: Zdeněk Brož |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,oškubat v: Zdeněk Brož |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,škubat v: Zdeněk Brož |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,škubnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,škubnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,trhat v: |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,trhnout v: |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,trhnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,utrhnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,vytrhat v: Zdeněk Brož |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,vytrhávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Pluck
(gcide) | Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G.
pfl["u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka.
?27.]
1. To pull; to draw.
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Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
--Je?. Taylor.
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2. 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.
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I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
--Milton.
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E'en children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.
--Goldsmith.
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3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
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They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps.
lxxx.?2.
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4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for
degrees. --C. Bront['e].
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To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to
tear away.
To pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a
lower state.
to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the
skin.
to pluck up.
(a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to
eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up
a plant; to pluck up a nation. --Jer. xii. 17.
(b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
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Pluck
(gcide) | Pluck \Pluck\, v. i.
To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at;
as, to pluck at one's gown.
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Pluck
(gcide) | Pluck \Pluck\, n.
1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
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2. [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is
killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.]
The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
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3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
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Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck.
--Thackeray.
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4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at
college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
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5. (Zool.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.]
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pluck
(gcide) | Lyrie \Ly"rie\ (l[imac]"r[i^]), n. [Icel. hl[=y]ri a sort of
fish.] (Zool.)
A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body
covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting
in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck,
pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.
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pluck
(wn) | pluck
n 1: the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of
possible loss or injury [syn: gutsiness, pluck,
pluckiness] [ant: gutlessness]
2: the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
v 1: pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
[syn: pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off]
2: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and
especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck,
roll]
3: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge,
soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck,
rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
4: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked
the strings of his mandolin" [syn: pluck, plunk, pick]
5: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume]
6: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
pick, pluck, cull] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
pluck
(mass) | pluck
- trhať |
plucked
(mass) | plucked
- odvážny |
plucky
(mass) | plucky
- odvážny, statočný |
pluck
(encz) | pluck,droby n: Zdeněk Brožpluck,oškubat v: Zdeněk Brožpluck,škubat v: Zdeněk Brožpluck,škubnout v: Zdeněk Brožpluck,škubnutí n: Zdeněk Brožpluck,trhat v: pluck,trhnout v: pluck,trhnutí n: Zdeněk Brožpluck,utrhnout v: Zdeněk Brožpluck,vytrhat v: Zdeněk Brožpluck,vytrhávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
pluck at
(encz) | pluck at,škubat v: Zdeněk Brož |
pluck at the heart strings
(encz) | pluck at the heart strings, |
pluck up
(encz) | pluck up,vzmužit se v: Rostislav Svoboda |
pluck up the courage
(encz) | pluck up the courage,dodat si odvahy Rostislav Svoboda |
plucked
(encz) | plucked,drnkací adj: PetrVplucked,odvážný adj: Zdeněk Brožplucked,oškubaný adj: Zdeněk Brožplucked,vytažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
plucker
(encz) | plucker, |
pluckiest
(encz) | pluckiest,nejstatečnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pluckily
(encz) | pluckily, |
pluckiness
(encz) | pluckiness,odvážnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
plucking
(encz) | plucking,oškubávání n: Zdeněk Brožplucking,otrhávání n: Zdeněk Brož |
plucky
(encz) | plucky,odvážný adj: Zdeněk Brožplucky,statečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pluck
(gcide) | Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G.
pfl["u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka.
?27.]
1. To pull; to draw.
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Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
--Je?. Taylor.
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2. 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.
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I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
--Milton.
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E'en children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.
--Goldsmith.
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3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
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They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps.
lxxx.?2.
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4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for
degrees. --C. Bront['e].
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To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to
tear away.
To pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a
lower state.
to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the
skin.
to pluck up.
(a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to
eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up
a plant; to pluck up a nation. --Jer. xii. 17.
(b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
[1913 Webster]Pluck \Pluck\, v. i.
To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at;
as, to pluck at one's gown.
[1913 Webster]Pluck \Pluck\, n.
1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
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2. [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is
killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.]
The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
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3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
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Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck.
--Thackeray.
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4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at
college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
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5. (Zool.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Lyrie \Ly"rie\ (l[imac]"r[i^]), n. [Icel. hl[=y]ri a sort of
fish.] (Zool.)
A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body
covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting
in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck,
pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.
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Plucked
(gcide) | Plucked \Plucked\, a.
Having courage and spirit. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G.
pfl["u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka.
?27.]
1. To pull; to draw.
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Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
--Je?. Taylor.
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2. 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.
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I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
--Milton.
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E'en children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.
--Goldsmith.
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3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
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They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps.
lxxx.?2.
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4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for
degrees. --C. Bront['e].
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To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to
tear away.
To pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a
lower state.
to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the
skin.
to pluck up.
(a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to
eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up
a plant; to pluck up a nation. --Jer. xii. 17.
(b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
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Plucker
(gcide) | Plucker \Pluck"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, plucks.
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Thou setter up and plucker down of kings. --Shak.
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2. A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
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Plucker tube
(gcide) | Geissler tube \Geis"sler tube`\ (Elec.)
A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and
containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes
luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it;
-- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is
called also Pl["u]cker tube, from the German physicist who
devised it.
[1913 Webster]Plucker tube \Pl["u]ck"er tube\ [So named after Julius
Pl["u]cker, a German physicist.] (Physics)
(a) A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the
part through which the discharge takes place is a
capillary tube, thus producing intense incandescence
of the contained gases.
(b) Crookes tube.
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Pluckier
(gcide) | Plucky \Pluck"y\, a. [Compar. Pluckier; superl. Pluckiest.]
Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying
pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
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If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright.
--Barham.
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Pluckiest
(gcide) | Plucky \Pluck"y\, a. [Compar. Pluckier; superl. Pluckiest.]
Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying
pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
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If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright.
--Barham.
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Pluckily
(gcide) | Pluckily \Pluck"i*ly\, adv.
In a plucky manner.
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Pluckiness
(gcide) | Pluckiness \Pluck"i*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being plucky.
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Plucking
(gcide) | Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G.
pfl["u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka.
?27.]
1. To pull; to draw.
[1913 Webster]
Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
--Je?. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
--Milton.
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E'en children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.
--Goldsmith.
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3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
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They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps.
lxxx.?2.
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4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for
degrees. --C. Bront['e].
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To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to
tear away.
To pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a
lower state.
to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the
skin.
to pluck up.
(a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to
eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up
a plant; to pluck up a nation. --Jer. xii. 17.
(b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
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Pluckless
(gcide) | Pluckless \Pluck"less\, a.
Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
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Plucky
(gcide) | Plucky \Pluck"y\, a. [Compar. Pluckier; superl. Pluckiest.]
Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying
pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
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If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright.
--Barham.
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To pluck a crow
(gcide) | Crow \Crow\, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D.
kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from
its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]
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1. (Zool.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus,
having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It
has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.
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Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is {Corvus
corone}. The common American crow is {Corvus
Americanus}. See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under
Carrion.
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2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron
used as a lever; a crowbar.
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Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight
Unto my cell. --Shak.
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3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.
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4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
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Carrion crow. See under Carrion.
Crow blackbird (Zool.), an American bird ({Quiscalus
quiscula}); -- called also purple grackle.
Crow pheasant (Zool.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal.
It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.
Crow shrike (Zool.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina,
Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.
Red-legged crow. See Crough.
As the crow flies, in a direct line.
To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a
difference or grievance (with any one).
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To pluck away
(gcide) | Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G.
pfl["u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka.
?27.]
1. To pull; to draw.
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Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
--Je?. Taylor.
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2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
E'en children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
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They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps.
lxxx.?2.
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4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for
degrees. --C. Bront['e].
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To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to
tear away.
To pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a
lower state.
to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the
skin.
to pluck up.
(a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to
eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up
a plant; to pluck up a nation. --Jer. xii. 17.
(b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
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To pluck down
(gcide) | Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G.
pfl["u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka.
?27.]
1. To pull; to draw.
[1913 Webster]
Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
--Je?. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
E'en children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
[1913 Webster]
They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps.
lxxx.?2.
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4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for
degrees. --C. Bront['e].
[1913 Webster]
To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to
tear away.
To pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a
lower state.
to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the
skin.
to pluck up.
(a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to
eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up
a plant; to pluck up a nation. --Jer. xii. 17.
(b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
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to pluck off
(gcide) | Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G.
pfl["u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka.
?27.]
1. To pull; to draw.
[1913 Webster]
Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
--Je?. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
E'en children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
[1913 Webster]
They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps.
lxxx.?2.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for
degrees. --C. Bront['e].
[1913 Webster]
To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to
tear away.
To pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a
lower state.
to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the
skin.
to pluck up.
(a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to
eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up
a plant; to pluck up a nation. --Jer. xii. 17.
(b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
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to pluck up
(gcide) | Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G.
pfl["u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka.
?27.]
1. To pull; to draw.
[1913 Webster]
Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
--Je?. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
E'en children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
[1913 Webster]
They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps.
lxxx.?2.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for
degrees. --C. Bront['e].
[1913 Webster]
To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to
tear away.
To pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a
lower state.
to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the
skin.
to pluck up.
(a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to
eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up
a plant; to pluck up a nation. --Jer. xii. 17.
(b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
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Unplucked
(gcide) | Unplucked \Unplucked\
See plucked. |
Uppluck
(gcide) | Uppluck \Up*pluck"\, v. t.
To pull or pluck up. [Obs.]
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pluck
(wn) | pluck
n 1: the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of
possible loss or injury [syn: gutsiness, pluck,
pluckiness] [ant: gutlessness]
2: the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
v 1: pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
[syn: pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off]
2: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and
especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck,
roll]
3: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge,
soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck,
rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
4: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked
the strings of his mandolin" [syn: pluck, plunk, pick]
5: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume]
6: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
pick, pluck, cull] |
pluck at
(wn) | pluck at
v 1: pluck or pull at with the fingers; "She picked nervously at
the buttons of her blouse" [syn: pick at, pluck at,
pull at] |
plucked
(wn) | plucked
adj 1: of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a
plectrum [ant: bowed]
2: having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a
plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose" |
pluckily
(wn) | pluckily
adv 1: in a plucky manner; "he was Brentford's defensive star in
pluckily holding out the determined Reading raids for
long periods" |
pluckiness
(wn) | pluckiness
n 1: the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of
possible loss or injury [syn: gutsiness, pluck,
pluckiness] [ant: gutlessness] |
plucky
(wn) | plucky
adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of
difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have
to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the
gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith
Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant:
gutless]
2: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty
challenger" [syn: feisty, plucky, spunky] |
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