plucked in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for plucked in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.pluck [plʌk] N old

pluck

odvažnost f

pluck

smelost f inf

II.pluck [plʌk] VB trans

1. pluck (pick):

to pluck sth [from sth] fruit, flower

ubrati nešto (sa nekog mesta)

to pluck sth [from sth] grass, dead leaves, loose thread

počupati nešto

to pluck sth [from sth] grass, dead leaves, loose thread

istrgnuti nešto

2. pluck:

pluck (remove) feathers hair (with pincers)

počupati // čupati

pluck chicken, goose

očerupati // čerupati

3. pluck (pull):

he plucked the letter out of my hand

istrgnuo mi je pismo iz ruke

4. pluck (remove from situation):

to pluck sb from sth

iščupati nekoga odnekud

5. pluck MUS:

pluck

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III.pluck [plʌk] VB intr

pluck

povući // povlačiti at - u +acc

pluck out VB trans

pluck out feathers:

pluck out

iščupati // čupati

pluck up VB trans

to pluck up one's courage [to do sth]

skupiti hrabrost (da se uradi nešto)

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to pluck up courage

skupiti hrabrost

to pluck a string

prebirati po žicama

plucked Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pluck up one's courage [to do sth]

skupiti hrabrost (da se uradi nešto)

he plucked the letter out of my hand

istrgnuo mi je pismo iz ruke

to pluck up courage

skupiti hrabrost

to pluck a string

prebirati po žicama

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The metal strings are tuned like a lute and are plucked with the fingers.

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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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And he cut a physically imposing presence, looking very much as if he'd been plucked from central casting.

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His disk was full of hard plucked electric guitar ditties with some out-there lyrics.

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The dogs were plucked for their wool, not sheared.

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The strings are plucked or strummed by the right hand without a plectrum.

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The features of the face are represented by the plucked carcasses of poultry and the sneering mouth by fish.

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She plucked all the hairs out of her belly (hence the lack of hair on a woodchuck's belly) and wove them into a magical bag.

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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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Things don't get more locally sourced or ingredient driven than an al fresco feast made with the green beans, beet greens and fennel flowers plucked just a few yards away.

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