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pluck

verb

/plʌk/

Meaning

to take hold of and quickly remove; to gather courage or determination

She plucked a flower from the garden.

pluck up courage

grab, pull, seize, extract

release, drop, surrender

pluck a string, pluck courage, pluck feathers

to march in a procession; to display publicly; to show off

to move smoothly over a surface with a twisting, sliding motion, like a snake

to cross or pass through each other

to arrange something again in a different way for greater efficiency or order

to move air; to make wind; to use air to move something

to stop or interrupt someone unexpectedly, often to attack or detain them