pluck in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pluck in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

I.pluck [plʌk] N

pluck

кураж m

to have pluck

имам кураж

II.pluck [plʌk] VB trans

1. pluck (remove by picking away):

pluck

откъсвам

2. pluck (remove quickly):

pluck

издърпвам

3. pluck (remove hair, feathers):

pluck

скубя

pluck chicken

оскубвам

to pluck one's eyebrows

скубя си веждите

4. pluck (sound):

pluck strings of instrument

дърпам

5. pluck (pull at):

pluck

дърпам

pluck

изтеглям

6. pluck (remove from a situation):

to pluck sb from sth

измъквам нкг от нщ

Phrases:

to pluck sth out of the air

казвам нщ, без да мисля

III.pluck [plʌk] VB intr to pluck at sth

1. pluck (pick at):

to pluck at sth

тегля

2. pluck (pull at):

to pluck at sth

дърпам

to pluck at sth

откъсвам

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

to pluck/raise one's eyebrows

скубя/повдигам веждите си

Translations for pluck in the Bulgarian»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

скубя

pluck

скубя кокошка

pluck a hen

скубя си косите

pluck at one's hair

оскубвам

pluck

оскубвам

pluck

изскубвам косъм

pluck a hair

отскубвам

pluck off

окъсвам

pluck off

намирам смелост за нщ

pluck up courage for sth

pluck Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pluck/raise one's eyebrows

скубя/повдигам веждите си

to have pluck

имам кураж

to pluck one's eyebrows

скубя си веждите

to pluck sb from sth

измъквам нкг от нщ

to pluck sth out of the air

казвам нщ, без да мисля

to pluck at sth

тегля

to pluck at sth

дърпам

to pluck at sth

откъсвам

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Hidden hands pluck the strings of tyranny like a fell chorus.

en.wikipedia.org

They will have to pluck up courage for the big reveal.

www.thesun.ie

It's difficult to pluck up the guts to start a conversation when it's a men's club -- elbow to elbow.

www.thejournal.ie

However, when you pluck up the courage to point your skis over the lip, the experience is pleasantly more benign.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Despite telling her boyfriend in 2014, she didn't pluck up the courage to go to the authorities until last summer.

www.nwemail.co.uk

Typically, tweezers were used to pluck out individual hairs.

en.wikipedia.org

It took me nearly a year to pluck up courage to phone her.

www.ft.com

Nicknames, like the pluck me and more obscene versions that can not appear in a family newspaper, seem to point to exploitation.

en.wikipedia.org

But don't we trim trees, harvest leaves from tea and other plants, pluck flowers and fruits for our table, or chop down trees for timber?

www.thehindu.com

After much emotional struggle, he still fails to pluck up his courage.

en.wikipedia.org