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pluck

/plʌk/ /plʌk/
  1. 1
    koparmak, toplamak

    To pick a flower, fruit or leaf by pulling it off.

    • He decided to pluck a flower from the garden.
      Bahçeden bir çiçek koparmaya karar verdi.
    • She plucked an apple from the tree and bit into it.
      Ağaçtan bir elma koparıp ısırdı.
  2. 2
    yolmak, (kaşını) almak

    To pull out hairs or feathers, for example from your eyebrows or a bird.

    • She had to pluck the stray eyebrow hairs.
      Dağınık kaş tellerini almak zorunda kaldı.
    • My grandmother used to pluck the chickens before cooking them.
      Büyükannem tavukları pişirmeden önce yolardı.
  3. 3
    (telleri) parmakla çekmek, tıngırdatmak Music

    To pull and release the strings of a musical instrument with your fingers.

    • He plucked the strings of his guitar softly.
      Gitarının tellerini yavaşça tıngırdattı.
    • Violinists sometimes pluck the strings instead of using the bow.
      Kemancılar bazen yay kullanmak yerine telleri parmaklarıyla çeker.

Verb Forms Regular

Base pluck
/plʌk/
Past plucked
/plʌkt/
Participle plucked
/plʌkt/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edpluck → plucked

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sert (ötümsüz) bir ünsüzle, /k/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /t/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. plucked /plʌkt/

Synonyms

pickpull out

Collocations

pluck a flowerpluck your eyebrowspluck the stringspluck featherspluck up the courage