pluck the eyebrows

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• pluck your eyebrows — phrase to pull hairs out from around the edges of your eyebrows in order to make them look thinner and tidier Thesaurus: shaving and hair removalhyponym Main entry: pluck …   Useful english dictionary

• pluck your eyebrows — to pull hairs out from around the edges of your eyebrows in order to make them look thinner and tidier …   English dictionary

• pluck — pluck1 [plʌk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(pull something)¦ 2 pluck your eyebrows 3¦(take somebody/something away)¦ 4¦(chicken)¦ 5 pluck up (the) courage (to do something) 6¦(music)¦ 7 pluck something out of the air 7 pluck something out of thin air Phrasal… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pluck — pluck1 [ plʌk ] verb * 1. ) transitive to pull the feathers off the body of a dead bird so that it can be cooked: a plucked chicken a ) MAINLY LITERARY to pull a piece of fruit from a tree, or a flower or leaf from a plant: PICK b ) to pull a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pluck — 1 verb 1 TAKE STH (T) to take hold of something and remove it from somewhere by pulling it: pluck sth from/off etc: She bent forward to pluck a thread off the lapel of his jacket. 2 pluck up (the) courage to force yourself to be brave and do… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pluck — I UK [plʌk] / US verb Word forms pluck : present tense I/you/we/they pluck he/she/it plucks present participle plucking past tense plucked past participle plucked * 1) [transitive] to pull the feathers off the body of a dead bird so that it can… …   English dictionary

• pluck — [plʌk] verb 1) [T] to take someone or something quickly from a particular place Rescue crews plucked survivors from the sea.[/ex] 2) [T] to pull the feathers off the body of a dead bird so that it can be cooked 3) [I/T] to pull the strings of a… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• pluck — [pluk] vt. [ME plukken < OE pluccian, akin to Ger pflücken < VL * piluccare, to pull out (> Fr éplucher), for L pilare, to deprive of hair < pilus, hair: see PILE2] 1. to pull off or out; pick 2. to drag or snatch; grab 3. to pull… …   English World dictionary

• pluck — [[t]plʌ̱k[/t]] plucks, plucking, plucked 1) 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. [WRITTEN] [V n from n] I plucked a lemon from the tree …   English dictionary

• pluck — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pluccian; akin to Middle High German pflücken to pluck Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to pull or pick off or out 2. a. to remove something (as hairs) from by or as if by plucking …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pluck — verb 1》 take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place.     ↘catch hold of and pull quickly. 2》 pull the feathers from (a bird s carcass) to prepare it for cooking.     ↘pull some of the hairs from (one s eyebrows) to make them… …   English new terms dictionary