pluck | English to English Dictionary

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pluck

(pl/@/k )

pull or pull out sharply(verb.contact)

Example:
Pluck the flowers off the bush.

Synonym:
pick off, pull off, tweak

source: wordnet30
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity(verb.possession)

Synonym:
hustle, roll

source: wordnet30
rip off; ask an unreasonable price(verb.possession)

Synonym:
fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge
Antonym:
undercharge

source: wordnet30
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion(verb.contact)

Example:
He plucked the strings of his mandolin.

Synonym:
pick, plunk

source: wordnet30
strip of feathers(verb.contact)

Example:
Pluck the capon.

Synonym:
deplumate, deplume, displume, pull, tear

source: wordnet30
look for and gather(verb.contact)

Synonym:
cull, pick

source: wordnet30
To pull; to draw.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.(verb)

source: webster1913

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