define pluck
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pluck pluck. 1  to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken. 2  to give a pull at; grasp: to pluck someone's sleeve. 3  to pull with sudden force or with a jerk. 4  to pull or move by force (often followed by away, off, or out).
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pull up (po͝ol) v. pulled, pull·ing, pulls. v.tr. 1. To apply force to (something) so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the source of the force: pulled her chair up to the table; pulled the wagon down the street. 2. To remove from a fixed position; extract: The dentist pulled the tooth.
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pull Definition of pull. 1  transitive verb. 2  1a : to exert force upon so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the forceb : to stretch (cooling candy) repeatedly pull taffyc : to strain abnormally pull a tendond : to hold back (a racehorse) from winninge : to work (an oar) by drawing back strongly.
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- Definition of plow for Students 1: a farm machine used to dig into, break up, and turn over soil 2: a device (as a snowplow) used to spread or clear away matter on the ground
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Facts & Statistics Major Depressive Disorder. The leading cause of disability in the U.S. for ages 15 to 44.3. Affects approximately 14.8 million American adults, or about 6.7 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year. While major depressive disorder can develop at any age, the median age at onset is 32.5. More prevalent in women than in men.
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Definitions &Translations Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: pull, pulling(noun) the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you. the pull up the hill had him breathing harder; his strenuous pulling strained his back.
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- Definition of pluck. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to pull or pick off or out. 3  2a : to remove something (such as hairs) from by or as if by plucking pluck one's eyebrowsb : rob, fleece. 4  3 : to move, remove, or separate forcibly or abruptly plucked the child from the middle of the street.
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- Pluck definition, to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken. See more.
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Plough A plough (UK) or plow (US; both /ˈplaʊ/) is a tool (or machine) used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting to loosen or turn the soil.
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knuckle Definition of knuckle. 1a : the rounded prominence formed by the ends of the two adjacent bones at a joint —used especially of those at the joints of the fingersb : the joint of a knuckle.
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plough plough (third-person singular simple present ploughs, present participle ploughing, simple past and past participle ploughed) ( 1 transitive) To use a plough on to prepare for planting. ( 2 intransitive) To use a plough. ( 3 transitive, vulgar) To have sex with. 4  To move with force. 5  To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
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Definition of 'pluck' If someone is rescued from a dangerous situation, you can say that they are plucked from it or are plucked to safety. Ten fishermen were plucked to safety from life-rafts. If you say that someone has pluck, you mean that they show courage and determination when they are in a difficult or frightening situation.
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- Examples of pluck in a Sentence. 1  My sister plucked a white hair from my head. 2  The hunter plucked the bird's feathers. 3  plucking petals off a flower. 4  Firefighters plucked the child from the top floor of the burning building. 5  He'd been plucked from obscurity and thrust into the national spotlight.
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Plough The fifth, empty furrow on the left may be filled by the first furrow of the next pass. A plough (UK) or plow (US; both /ˈplaʊ/) is a tool or farm implement used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting to loosen or turn the soil. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by working animals such as horses or cattle, but in modern times are drawn by tractors.
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Definitions &Translations Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Plough. see Plow. 2  Plough(noun) a well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
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Definitions &Translations Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  plough(Noun) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. 2  plough(Noun) A horse-drawn plow (as opposed to plow, used for the mechanical variety) 3  plough(Noun) An alternative name for Ursa Major or the Great Bear.
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- v. plun·dered, plun·der·ing, plun·ders. v.tr. 1. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage: plunder a village. 2. To seize wrongfully or by force; steal: plundered the supplies. v.intr.
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pluck Perhaps related to Old English pullian (to pull, draw; pluck off; snatch). Cognate with Dutch plukken (to pluck), Limburgish plógte (to pluck), Low German plukken (to pluck), German pflücken (to pluck, pick), Danish plukke (to pick), Swedish plocka (to pick, pluck, cull), Icelandic plokka, plukka
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pull 1. To bring a vehicle to a stop at a curb or at the side of a road: We pulled over to watch the sunset. 2. To force (a motorist or a vehicle) to stop at a curb or at the side of a road: The state trooper pulled the speeding motorist over. pull round. To restore or be restored to sound health. pull through. To come or bring successfully through trouble or illness.
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steal These verbs mean to take another's property wrongfully, often surreptitiously. Steal is the most general: stole a car; steals research from colleagues. To purloin is to make off with something, often in a breach of trust: purloined the key to his cousin's safe-deposit box.
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Definition of âplowâ - English Dictionary plow verb (INVEST) › [T always + adv/prep] to invest money in a business to make it successful: If we’re hit by higher taxes, we’ll have a little less to plow back into the business. plow verb (TOOL) › [I/T] to dig into the earth with a large farming tool to make the earth ready for planting, or to move snow or sand away from an area with a large, curved blade fixed to the front of a vehicle:
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steal 1 To take (the property of another) without right or permission. 2  To present or use (someone else's words or ideas) as one's own. 3  To get or take secretly or artfully: steal a look at a diary; steal the puck from an opponent. 4  To give or enjoy (a kiss) that is unexpected or unnoticed.
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- Psyduck is a yellow Pokemon pokémon that resembles a duck or bipedal. Platypus three tufts of black hair grow on top of its, head and it has a, wide, flat-cream colored beak and vacant. Eyes its, legs, arms and tail are stubby and its webbed feet are-cream. Colored there are three claws on both of its. hands
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- Divided into a specified number of parts: fourplex. [From Latin -plex, -fold (as in duplex, twofold); see plek- in Indo-European roots.]
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shear shear ‎(third-person singular simple present shears, present participle shearing, simple past sheared or shore, past participle shorn or sheared) 1  To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.  1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
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pick up The act of picking, especially with a sharp pointed instrument. 2. The act of selecting or choosing; choice: got first pick of the desserts. 3. Something selected as the most desirable; the best or choicest part: the pick of the crop. 4. The amount or quantity of a crop that is picked by hand.