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plucked

/plʌkt/

plucked off

plucked out

Translations

pluckedpast participle

/plʌkt/

More precise label: past participial adjective.

pluméSe dit surtout d’un volatile dont on a retiré les plumes.

The plucked chicken was ready to be cooked for dinner.

Le poulet plumé était prêt à être cuisiné pour le dîner.

Additional translations

pincéS’emploie pour un instrument à cordes joué en pinçant les cordes.

pluckverb

plucked

Past Simple

plucked

Past Simple

plucked

Past Participle

plucking

Gerund

/plʌk/

arracherEn retirant brusquement ou de force.

He plucked a hair from his eyebrow.

Il s’est arraché un poil du sourcil.

cueillirPour les fruits, fleurs ou autres éléments cueillis sur leur lieu de croissance.

She plucked a ripe apple from the tree.

Elle a cueilli une pomme mûre sur l’arbre.

pincerMusique : jouer un instrument à cordes en pinçant les cordes.

She plucked the strings of the guitar gently.

Elle a pincé doucement les cordes de la guitare.

Synonyms

Definitions

pluckedpast participle

Having been pulled or removed from a place, especially referring to feathers or hair.

The plucked chicken was ready to be cooked for dinner.

Describing a string instrument that is played by pulling and releasing the strings.

The musician played a beautiful melody on the plucked guitar.

pluckverb

To pull or pick off or out from a place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.

She plucked a ripe apple from the tree.

To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly.

He plucked a hair from his eyebrow.

To play a stringed instrument by sounding the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.

She plucked the strings of the guitar gently.

To take someone or something away from a place or situation suddenly or by force.

The hero plucked the child from the path of the oncoming car.

To choose or select someone, especially unexpectedly, for a role, task, or opportunity.

The director plucked an unknown actor from obscurity to play the lead role.