pluck a fruit

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• 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

• fruit|age — «FROO tihj», noun. 1. a having or producing fruit. 2. a crop of fruit; fruit: »Greedily they pluck d the fruitage fair to sight (Milton). 3. product; result. ╂[< Old French fruitage < fruit; see etym. at …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 — 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 — plucker, n. /pluk/, v.t. 1. to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken. 2. to give a pull at; grasp: to pluck someone s sleeve. 3. to pull with sudden force or with a jerk. 4.… …   Universalium

• pluck — [[t]plʌk[/t]] v. t. 1) to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, or feathers 2) to grasp or grab: to pluck someone s sleeve[/ex] 3) to pull with sudden force or with a jerk 4) to pull or detach by force (often fol. by away,… …   From formal English to slang

• pluck — /plʌk / (say pluk) verb (t) 1. to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc. 2. to give a pull at. 3. to pull with sudden force or with a jerk. 4. (sometimes followed by away, off, out, etc.) to pull by force. 5.… …  

• 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

• Strange Fruit — Les arbres du Sud portent un « étrange fruit ». Strange Fruit (en français : étrange fruit) est une chanson. La chanteuse afro américaine Billie Holiday l’interpréta pour la première fois en 1939, au Café Society à New York. Ce… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Strange Fruit — „Strange Fruit“ (engl. Sonderbare Frucht) ist ein Musikstück, das seit dem Auftritt der afroamerikanischen Sängerin Billie Holiday 1939 im Café Society in New York weltweit bekannt wurde. Das von Abel Meeropol komponierte und getextete Lied gilt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia