Thesaurus: pluck

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1. v. t. To pull; to draw.
2. v. t. Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.
3. v. t. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
4. v. t. To reject at an examination for degrees.
5. v. i. To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
6. n. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
7. n. The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
8. n. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
9. n. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
10. v. t. The lyrie.
11. n. the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
12. n. the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord