Definitions for plucked
plucked

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plucked(adj)

   of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum

2. plucked(adj)

   having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl

   "a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plucked(Adjective)

   (of something with feathers, hair etc.) Having had these items removed by plucking.

2. plucked(Adjective)

   Played by plucking.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Plucked

   of Pluck

2. Plucked(adj)

   having courage and spirit

How to pronounce plucked?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plucked in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plucked in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of plucked in a Sentence

1. Voltaire:

   Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.

2. D. H. Lawrence:

   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.

3. 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 ...

4. Wallace Stevens:

   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.

5. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   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?

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