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I . pluck [plʌk] VB trans

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2. pluck (remove hair, feathers):

pluck
skubać [perf o-]
pluck eyebrows
wyskubywać [perf wyskubać]

II . pluck [plʌk] VB intr

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1. pluck (play):

pluck
szarpać [perf szarpnąć] struny

2. pluck (pull):

to pluck at sth
ciągnąć [perf po-] za coś

III . pluck [plʌk] N no pl

Usage examples with plucked

he plucked her from the slums fig
wyciągnął ją ze slumsów

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The strings are plucked or strummed by the right hand without a plectrum.
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Gently plucked acoustic guitars will suddenly be ripped apart by a mutinous fuzzbox, seemingly at random.
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The dogs were plucked for their wool, not sheared.
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Disguising over-plucked eyebrows used to require lashings of eyebrow pencil, a steady hand and lots of patience.
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Depicting a girl counting petals plucked from a daisy, the voiceover changes to a countdown that ends with the mushroom cloud of a muclear explosion.
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The metal strings are tuned like a lute and are plucked with the fingers.
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It is made jackfruit or teak wood, and it has four strings in two courses that are plucked with a plectrum.
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The gayageum (12-string zither) and geomungo (six-string plucked zither) are part of the string fold instruments.
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It has twelve nylon strings that are plucked with a plastic plectrum to generate sound, much like a guitar.
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Like any plucked instrument, mandolin notes decay to silence rather than sound out continuously as with a bowed note on a violin.
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