Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pluck
Pluck
pluck
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by out, off, etc.) remove by picking or pulling out or away. 2 tr. strip (a bird) of feathers. 3 tr. pull at, twitch. 4 intr. (foll. by at) tug or snatch at. 5 tr. sound (the string of a musical instrument) with the finger or plectrum etc. 6 tr. plunder. 7 tr. swindle. --n. 1 courage, spirit. 2 an act of plucking; a twitch. 3 the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food. Phrases and idioms pluck up summon up (one's courage, spirits, etc.). Derivatives plucker n. pluckless adj. Etymology: OE ploccian, pluccian, f. Gmc
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pluccian; akin to Middle High German pflücken to ~ Date: before 12th century transitive verb to pull or pick off or out, 2. to remove something (as hairs) from by or as if by ~ing , rob, fleece, to move, remove, or separate forcibly or abruptly , 4. to pick, pull, or grasp at, to play by sounding the strings with the fingers or a pick, intransitive verb to make a sharp pull or twitch, ~er noun II. noun Date: 15th century an act or instance of ~ing or pulling, the heart, liver, lungs, and trachea of a slaughtered animal especially as an item of food, courageous readiness to fight or continue against odds ; dogged resolution ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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