pluck : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pluck	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for pluck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pluck n the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury Synonym(s): gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness Antonym(s): gutlessness the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord v pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush" Synonym(s): pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity Synonym(s): hustle, pluck, roll rip off; ask an unreasonable price Synonym(s): overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook Antonym(s): undercharge pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" Synonym(s): pluck, plunk, pick strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" Synonym(s): pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" Synonym(s): pick, pluck, cull
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lyrie \Ly"rie\ (l[imac]"r[icr]), n. [Icel. hl[ymac]ri a sort of fish.] (Zo[94]l.) 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pluck \Pluck\, v. i. To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pluck \Pluck\, n. 1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch. 2. [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.] The heart, liver, and lights of an animal. 3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude. Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck. --Thackeray. 4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See {Pluck}, v. t., 4. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plucking}.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pfl[81]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. [?]27.] 1. To pull; to draw. Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution. --Je[?]. Taylor. 2. Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes. I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. --Milton. E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile. --Goldsmith. 3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl. They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps. lxxx.[?]2. 4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for degrees. --C. Bront[82]. {To pluck away}, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to tear away. {To pluck down}, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a lower state. {to pluck off}, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the skin. {to pluck up}. (a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up a plant; to pluck up a nation. --Jer. xii. 17. (b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.