[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pluck \pluck\, v. t. imp.  p. p. plucked; p. pr.  vb. n.
   plucking. as. pluccian; akin to lg.  d. plukken, g.
   pfl"ucken, icel. plokka, plukka, dan. plukke, sw. plocka.
   ?27.
   1. to pull; to draw.
      1913 webster

            its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
                                                  --je?. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            i come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

            e'en children followed, with endearing wile,
            and plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.
                                                  --goldsmith.
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   3. to strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
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            they which pass by the way do pluck her. --ps.
                                                  lxxx.?2.
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   4. eng. universities to reject at an examination for
      degrees. --c. bront'e.
      1913 webster

   to pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to
      tear away.

   to pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a
      lower state.

   to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the
      skin.

   to pluck up.
      a to tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to
          eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up
          a plant; to pluck up a nation. --jer. xii. 17.
      b to gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
          1913 webster
see also:
plucked plucking to pluck away to pluck down to pluck off to pluck up 

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