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plucked
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Princeton's WordNet
pluckedadjective
of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum
pluckedadjective
having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl
"a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose"
Wiktionary
pluckedadjective
(of something with feathers, hair etc.) Having had these items removed by plucking.
pluckedadjective
Played by plucking.
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plucked
Death Laid an Egg (Italian: La morte ha fatto l'uovo) is a 1968 giallo film directed by Giulio Questi. Written by Questi and Franco Arcalli, the film stars Ewa Aulin, Gina Lollobrigida and Jean-Louis Trintignant.
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plucked
Plucked refers to the action of quickly pulling something out or off from its place, often used in the context of playing a stringed instrument such as a guitar, where the musician "plucks" or pulls and releases the strings to create sound. It can also refer to removing feathers from birds or something from its set place.
Webster Dictionary
Plucked
of Pluck
Pluckedadjective
having courage and spirit
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of plucked in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of plucked in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of plucked in a Sentence
Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
D. A. F. Sade, "Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man":
... and thereof do I repent: I only plucked an occasional flower when I might have gathered an ample harvest of fruit -- such are the just grounds for the regrets I have ...
What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?
Democritus plucked his eye out because he could not look at a woman without thinking of her as a woman. If he had read a few of our novels, he would have torn himself to pieces.
Patty Hearst was plucked out basically from a life of luxury … having been raised by the Patty Hearst family, to being tied up in a broom closet for days on end, being indoctrinated to this point of view that, everything having to do with how society was held together was wrong, who among us is to say how we would react under those kinds of circumstances ?
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- kynittyFinnish
- depenadosPortuguese
- щипковыеRussian
- פּלאַקטYiddish
- 撥弦Chinese
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