plucking – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
plucking
n.
picking, pulling out, detaching
pluck
v.
pull out feathers (as of a chicken); tear out; cause to fail; deceive, cheat
Plucking
Pluck or
plucking may refer to:
- Plucking (hair removal), the removal of hair, fur, or feathers
- Feather-plucking, a behavior in birds
- Plucking post as used by birds of prey to dismember their prey
- Plucking (glaciation), a process related to glaciers
- Pluck (card game), a card game
- Pluck (offal), from the thoracic cavity of livestock
- One of two U.S. Navy ships named USS Pluck
- Pizzicato, a method of playing string instruments
- Pluck (software), cms written in PHP
- P.L.U.C.K. (song), by System of a Down
- Pluck (company), an Internet company acquired by Demand Media
- PLUCK, an RMITV television series
pluck
Noun
1. the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
(synonym) gutsiness, pluckiness
(hypernym) fearlessness
2. the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
(hypernym) pull, pulling
(derivation) plunk, pick
Verb
1. pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
(synonym) tweak, pull off, pick off
(hypernym) pull, draw, force
(hyponym) tweeze
(verb-group) draw off, draw away, pull off
2. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
(synonym) hustle, roll
(hypernym) steal
3. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
(synonym) overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, rob, hook
(hypernym) cheat, rip off, chisel
(hyponym) extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
(entail) charge, bill
4. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
(synonym) plunk, pick
(hypernym) pull, draw, force
(hyponym) twang
5. strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
(synonym) pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
(hypernym) strip
6. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
(synonym) pick, cull
(hypernym) gather, garner, collect, pull together
(hyponym) mushroom
pluck
v.
vytrhnout; utrhnout; oškubat; brnkat; zatahat za co
pluck
Czas.
wyrywać; skubać; skubać; szarpać
