Meaning Of The Word Pluck

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pluck
verb: If you pluck a fruit, flower, or leaf, you take it between your fingers and pull it in order to remove it from its stalk where it is growing.
verb: If you pluck something from somewhere, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply from where it is.

pluck in American English
to pull off or out; pick
intransitive verb: to pull or tug sharply
transitive verb: to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc

pluck in British English
noun: courage, usually in the face of difficulties or hardship
verb: to pull off (feathers, fruit, etc) from (a fowl, tree, etc)

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