pluck
/plʌk/ verbTranslation
pluck sth/sb from/out, etc › to quickly pull something or someone from the place where they are
kuvvetle çekmek, almak; çekip çıkarmak
He plucked a £50 note out of his wallet. A helicopter plucked him from the sea.1642BIRD [T] › to pull all the feathers out of a bird before cooking it
yolmak, almak
901MUSIC [T] › If you pluck the strings of a musical instrument, you pull them with your fingers to make a sound.
(müzik aleti) parmakla çalmak
399PLANT [T] literary › to pick a flower or part of a plant
(çiçek, bitki) toplamak, yolmak, koparmak
787 pluck your eyebrows › to pull hairs out of your eyebrows (= lines of hair above your eyes) to make them look tidy
kaşlarını almak
→ See also pluck up the courage (to do sth)1648(Definition of pluck verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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