verb🔗ShareArranca, tiraTo pull something sharply; to pull something out"She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."Ella sacó el teléfono de su bolso y marcó.actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Sharearrancar, sacarTo take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation."The teacher quickly plucks the misbehaving student from the back of the classroom and brings him to the front. "El profesor saca rápidamente al estudiante que se porta mal de la parte trasera del aula y lo lleva al frente.actionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePulsaTo gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc."Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."Mientras que un piano golpea la cuerda, un clavecín la pulsa.musicsoundentertainmentactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDesplumaTo remove feathers from a bird."After hunting, the farmer plucks the feathers from the duck before cooking it. "Después de cazar, el granjero despluma al pato antes de cocinarlo.animalbirdactionfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDespojar, robarTo rob, fleece, steal forcibly"The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way."El bandido lascivo despojó a sus víctimas hasta la ropa interior, o a las atractivas hasta el final.propertyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareToca con los dedosTo play a string instrument pizzicato."Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."Tocar un instrumento de arco con los dedos puede romper una cuerda.musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareArranca, tiraTo pull or twitch sharply."The nervous musician plucks at his guitar strings before the performance. "El músico nervioso tira de las cuerdas de su guitarra antes de la actuación.actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSuspender, ser rechazado(university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree."After failing his final history exam, John feared he would be plucked and not receive his degree. "Después de suspender su examen final de historia, John temía ser rechazado y no recibir su título.educationdegreeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareArranca, desprendeOf a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing."Over centuries, the glacier plucks rocks from the mountain as meltwater freezes and expands in cracks, gradually pulling them away. "Durante siglos, el glaciar desprende rocas de la montaña a medida que el agua de deshielo se congela y se expande en las grietas, tirando de ellas gradualmente.geologyenvironmentgeographynaturescienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
