Pluck Synonyms & Definitions

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• PluckDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at ones gown.
2. (v. t.) The lyrie.
3. (v. t.) To reject at an examination for degrees.
4. (n.) The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
5. (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
6. (n.) The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
7. (v. t.) To pull; to draw.
8. (n.) Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
9. (v. t.) 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.
10. (v. t.) To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.

• PluckedDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Pluck
2. (a.) Having courage and spirit.