Pluck

Definition of Pluck

v. t.

[imp. & p. p. Plucked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Plucking.]

Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.

- Je . Taylor.

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.

To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.

They which pass by the way do pluck her.

- Ps. lxxx. 2.

(Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for degrees.

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
b -	To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage. - Jer. xii. 17.

v. i.

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

The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.

The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.

Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.

Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck.

- Thackeray.

The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.

(Zool.) The lyrie.

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