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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#m1)

2) To pluck a bird is to pull its feathers off before cooking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#m2)

3) To pluck the strings of a guitar or harp is to pull and let go with your fingers to make a note. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#m3)

4) (noun) Pluck is courage and spirit in a difficult situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#m4)

5) To pluck up courage is to make yourself brave enough to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#x1)
- He finally plucked up the courage to ask a question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#x2)
- Pluck the strings gently on your ukulele. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#x3)
- The lifeboat crew plucked the sailors from the stormy sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#x4)
- The farmer plucked the chicken for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#x5)
- The little girl showed real pluck when she spoke on stage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#x6)
- He seemed to pluck the number out of thin air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#x7)
- Mum plucks her eyebrows with tweezers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#x8)
- Come, pluck up your courage and follow me.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/5/)
- [The guzheng is a Chinese plucked zither with strings over movable bridges, played in China for over 2,000 years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/15/)
- [The sitar has sympathetic strings that nobody plucks; they vibrate by themselves when matching notes are played.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/14/)
- [But if they will not hearken, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.370/)
- [Doth the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or are the strange cold flowing waters plucked up?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.520/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pluck» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pluck/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.