Word Finder - plucked

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To pull something sharply; to pull something out

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She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.

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To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.

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To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.

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Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.

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To remove feathers from a bird.

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To rob, fleece, steal forcibly

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The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way.

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To play a string instrument pizzicato.

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Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break.

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To pull or twitch sharply.

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to pluck at somebody's sleeve

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(university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree.

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Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.

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(of something with feathers, hair etc.) Having had these items removed by plucking.

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(of the strings of an instrument) Played by plucking.

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Having courage and spirit; plucky.

He reached out and plucked some stick-tights from her sleeve.

Reaching down, he plucked from her lap.

He knew that an apple should not be plucked while it is green.

Fritz plucked a stick from the fire and lit his cigarette.

She plucked it free.

Something lonely plucked at her consciousness.

I almost plucked a little beauty from a nearby tent the other night as her parents partied with other campers several yards away.

He plucked a strand of grass and stuck it in his mouth.

She looked down and plucked at a loose thread on her dress.

Brunel made the usual comments of "plucked from the prime of life" and "you never know."

His eyes twinkled with mirth as he gazed down at her and a smile plucked at the corners of his mouth.

As he plucked the letter out, a picture fell on the table, face down.

A truck door slammed and strong hands plucked her out of the snow.

Breeding oysters are piled upon the rookeries, and their young become attached to the stakes and twigs provided for their reception, where they are allowed to remain until ready for use, when they are plucked off and sent to the market.

Charged with the murder of a holy saiyid, his hands were cut off and his tongue was plucked out, as part of the horrible punishment inflicted on him.

Jesus's disciples, for example, who plucked ears of corn in passing through a field on the holy day, had, according to Rabbinical views, violated the third of the thirty-nine rules, 2 which forbade harvesting; and in healing the sick Jesus Himself broke the rule that a sick man should not receive medical aid on the Sabbath unless his life was in danger.

On the other hand Oken (Isis, 1842, pp. 39 1 -394), though giving a summary of Nitzsch's results and classification, was more sparing of his praise, and prefaced his remarks by asserting that he could not refrain from laughter when he looked at the plates in Nitzsch's work, since they reminded him of the plucked fowls hanging in a poulterer's shop, and goes on to say that, as the author always had the luck to engage in researches of which nobody thought, so had he the luck to print them where nobody sought them.

If you dread the thought of having your eyebrows waxed or plucked, it may be time to give eyebrow threading a try.

Eyebrows can be damaged easily, and eventually, shaping may no longer be necessary as continually plucked and stressed follicles cease growing hair (even after a first treatment, it may take up to two months for the hair to regrow).

After several days, however, the hairs seemed to fall right out rather than needing firm tugs when plucked.

London is no longer the predominant pool from which rock bands are plucked.

Thanks to the early 90s explosion of rock artists like Nirvana and Sonic Youth who were plucked from the indie ranks and signed to major label deals, indie rock is the most familiar genre to many.

A smile plucked at the side of his mouth and his eyes twinkled with humor.

He plucked the compass from his chest and waited to see what it did.

She plucked a piece of twine from the hay on the floor.

She plucked a tissue from the box on the counter and blew her nose.

Selections from it called Caribbeana (1741) and A Brand Plucked from the Burning, Exemplified in the Unparalleled Case of Samuel Keimer (1718) are from his pen.

She delicately plucked the kitten from his hand and cuddled it against her cheek.

Dropping to the ground, she plucked a piece of grass and tucked it between her lips as she leaned back against the old apple tree.

She handed Ed a clump of hay and he delicately plucked it from her fingers.

As he rode, problems bobbed to the surface of his mind like driftwood released from quicksand – ready to be plucked from the surface and worked into something useable.

In fact, he reached out and plucked the stick from the water.

The corona obsidionalis was formed of grass and flowers plucked on the spot and given to the general who conquered a city.

The beard is sparse, and, with the exception of the moustache, which is sometimes worn, especially in central Tibet, it is plucked out with tweezers.

Nutria also is prepared to represent sealskin, and in its natural colour, after the long hairs are plucked out, it is sold as otter or beaver.

This tea is mostly prepared from exceedingly rough leaf, including even bush prunings, which would not be plucked for manufacturing purposes in India or Ceylon.

As they are plucked, the green leaves are thrown into baskets, and twice daily the pluckings are taken into the factory.

The effect of either is to destroy the possibility of fermentation by subjecting the leaf, as soon as it is plucked, to a brief period of great heat.

The nation now plucked bitter fruit from the seed planted by Otto the Great in assuming the imperial crown and by a long line of kings and emperors in lavishing worldly power upon tile church.

His hair is abundant, black, lank and coarse, but the beard is scanty, and usually plucked out, which gives him an effeminate appearance.

His poems were posthumously collected as Flowers of Helicon, Plucked and Distributed on various occasions by Lucidor the Unfortunate.

He is called in one book the most notorious of profligates; in another, the brand plucked from the burning.

And she was so quiet when I plucked her from her sleep her mother didn't hear, at least at first I wonder if they've found her or her troublesome husband yet?

As he rode, problems bobbed to the surface of his mind like driftwood released from quicksand – ready to be plucked from the surface and worked into something useable.

A freshly killed partridge may be plucked first and then braised in the sauce so that it does not get tough.

Be taught deportment, have your nails painted and have your eyebrows plucked (if you dare) by an understanding female.

One day, as I plucked a leaf, a bit of the bark came off.

Luke was too busy getting his eyebrows plucked to join in.

The kanun is a plucked box zither of Turkey.

Collymore had a header plucked out of the air by Paul Robinson while Carbone 's long-range shot was also smothered by the keeper.