pluck

«pluck» in Mova's school dictionary: to pull it off or out quickly, such as a flower, a fruit… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (pluck, plucks, plucked, plucking); noun (pluck — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) To pluck something is to pull it off or out quickly, such as a flower, a fruit or a hair. tree →

2) To pluck a bird is to pull its feathers off before cooking. tree →

3) To pluck the strings of a guitar or harp is to pull and let go with your fingers to make a note. tree →

4) (noun) Pluck is courage and spirit in a difficult situation. tree →

5) To pluck up courage is to make yourself brave enough to do something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In music lessons, you pluck the strings of a ukulele, harp or violin (pizzicato). In stories, a brave hero shows pluck, and a shy character «plucks up the courage» to speak. In everyday life, people pluck eyebrows or pluck apples from trees. Common phrases: «pluck up the courage», «pluck a string», «pluck out of the air», «plucked from the sea», «a lot of pluck».

examples

• She plucked an apple from the tree. tree →
• He finally plucked up the courage to ask a question. tree →
• Pluck the strings gently on your ukulele. tree →
• The lifeboat crew plucked the sailors from the stormy sea. tree →
• The farmer plucked the chicken for dinner. tree →
• The little girl showed real pluck when she spoke on stage. tree →
• He seemed to pluck the number out of thin air. tree →
• Mum plucks her eyebrows with tweezers. tree →
• Come, pluck up your courage and follow me.” tree →

note

Regular verb: plucked. Adjective: «plucky» (brave, especially when small or weak). The noun «pluck» (courage) is a bit old-fashioned and uncountable. Do not confuse «pluck» with «plug».

In the corpora

• The bandura is a Ukrainian plucked string instrument; modern concert banduras have around 55 to 65 strings.
• The guzheng is a Chinese plucked zither with strings over movable bridges, played in China for over 2,000 years.
• The sitar has sympathetic strings that nobody plucks; they vibrate by themselves when matching notes are played.
• But if they will not hearken, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith the LORD.
• Doth the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or are the strange cold flowing waters plucked up?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pluck» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.