pluck

1. (transitive)To pull something sharply; to pull something out

   She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.

   pflücken, abrupfen

   выдёргиватьvydjórgivatʹ, вы́дернутьvýdernutʹ

   pull or pull out sharply

2. (transitive)To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.

3. (transitive)To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.

   Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.

   zupfen, schlagen

   щипа́тьščipátʹ, перебира́тьperebirátʹ, игра́тьigrátʹ

4. (transitive)To remove feathers from (a bird).

   rupfen, ausrupfen

   ощи́пыватьoščípyvatʹ, ощипа́тьoščipátʹ, щипа́тьščipátʹ

   strip of feathers

5. (transitive)To play a string instrument pizzicato.

   Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break.

6. (intransitive)To pull or twitch sharply.

   to pluck at somebody's sleeve

   pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

7. (UK, transitive)To reject (a student) after they fail an examination for a degree.

8. Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.

9. (archaic, transitive)To rob, steal from; to cheat or swindle (someone).

   гра́битьgrábitʹ, огра́битьográbitʹ

1. Tom has never plucked a chicken.

   deTom hat noch nie ein Huhn gerupft.

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2. Tom plucked up the courage to kiss Mary.

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3. Mary started plucking her eyebrows when she was twelve years old.

   deMaria hat mit zwölf Jahren angefangen, sich die Augenbrauen zu zupfen.

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4. Tom eventually plucked up the courage and went into the cave.

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5. Tom says he can pluck a chicken in less than ten minutes.

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regular

• pluck upTo remove or acquire by plucking from, for example, the ground; to pick up.
• pluck outTo remove by plucking.