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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 make abnormally thin or weak, usually because of illness or lack of food.

to be in charge of or control something

to drive back an attack or attacker by force; to cause intense dislike or disgust

To criticize harshly or to beat severely.

became greater in size, amount, or degree

to look at or observe attentively; to keep under surveillance