to pluck

Mary'yi bir filme davet etmek için cesaretimi toplasam bile, o beni sattı. - Even though I plucked up courage to invite Mary to a film, she stood me up.

Tom Mary'yi öpmek için cesaretini topladı. - Tom plucked up the courage to kiss Mary.

imtihanda çevirmek veya reddetmek

{f} (telli çalgıyı) parmaklarla çalmak

{f} ayıklamak (yün)

{f} soymak

kopartmak

{f} çekmek

parmakla ve

{f} (çiçek, meyve v.b.'ni) koparmak

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Definition of to pluck in English English dictionary: Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence
He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.; To play a string instrument pizzicato
Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break.; An instance of plucking
Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck.; The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals; To remove feathers from a bird; To pull or twitch sharply; To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc
Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.; To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way.; {n} a quck pull, the heart, liver and lights; {v} to snatch, pull, strip off fethers, take; If you pluck a guitar or other musical instrument, you pull the strings with your fingers and let them go, so that they make a sound. Nell was plucking a harp; To make a motion of pulling or twitching; usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown; sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity; pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush; The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch; Nerve, fortitude, or persistence; the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord; {f} pull out feathers (as of a chicken); tear out; cause to fail; deceive, cheat; To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin, etc; 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; The heart, liver, and lights of an animal; If you pluck something from somewhere, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply from where it is. He plucked the cigarette from his mouth and tossed it out into the street; {i} internal organs of animals (used for food); pulling, tugging; failure; daring, spunk; courage; pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"; If you pluck a chicken or other dead bird, you pull its feathers out to prepare it for cooking. She looked relaxed as she plucked a chicken; To reject at an examination for degrees; strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"; the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"; pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"; To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl; If a woman plucks her eyebrows, she pulls out some of the hairs using tweezers. You've plucked your eyebrows at last!; The lyrie; To pull; to draw; The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college; To pull something sharply; to pull something out; look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"; See Pluck, v; Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude; If you pluck a fruit, flower, or leaf, you take it between your fingers and pull it in order to remove it from its stalk where it is growing. I plucked a lemon from the tree He plucked a stalk of dried fennel; rip off; ask an unreasonable price; If someone unknown is given an important job or role and quickly becomes famous because of it, you can say that they have been plucked from obscurity or plucked from an unimportant position. She was plucked from the corps de ballet to take on Juliet The agency plucked Naomi from obscurity and turned her into one of the world's top models; If you say that someone plucks a figure, name, or date out of the air, you mean that they say it without thinking much about it before they speak. Is this just a figure she plucked out of the air?. courage and determination; the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush; If you pluck up the courage to do something that you feel nervous about, you make an effort to be brave enough to do it. It took me about two hours to pluck up courage to call; the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury; If someone is rescued from a dangerous situation, you can say that they are plucked from it or are plucked to safety. A workman was plucked from the roof of a burning power station by a police helicopter Ten fishermen were plucked to safety from life-rafts

to pluck

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tı plʌk

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/tə ˈplək/ /tə ˈplʌk/

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