Definition of pluck

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Pluck (v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown..

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Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck..
Extirpate :: Extirpate (v. t.) To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy..
Twitch :: Twitch (v. t.) To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes..
Pigeon :: Pigeon (v. t.) To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.
Avulse :: Avulse (v. t.) To pluck or pull off.
Lyrie :: Lyrie (n.) A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead..
Pluck :: Pluck (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
Pluck :: Pluck (n.) The heart, liver, and lights of an animal..
Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering..
Plucky :: Plucky (superl.) Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race..
Pluck :: Pluck (n.) Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
Upplight :: Upplight () imp. & p. p. of Uppluck.
Decerptible :: Decerptible (a.) That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away..
Tug :: Tug (v. t.) To pull; to pluck.
Decerption :: Decerption (n.) The act of plucking off; a cropping.
Vellicative :: Vellicative (a.) Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication..
Eradication :: Eradication (n.) The state of being plucked up by the roots.
Pull :: Pull (n.) A pluck; loss or violence suffered.
Plucker :: Plucker (n.) One who, or that which, plucks..
Deracinate :: Deracinate (v. t.) To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.
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