verb🔗ShareCueillir, arracherTo pull something sharply; to pull something out"She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."Elle a sorti le téléphone de son sac et a composé le numéro.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRetirer quelqu'un rapidement, arracherTo take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation."The teacher was plucking students from the hallway and bringing them into the classroom after the bell rang. "Le professeur retirait rapidement les élèves du couloir et les emmenait en classe après la sonnerie.actionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePincerTo gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc."Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."Alors qu'un piano frappe la corde, un clavecin la pince.musicsoundentertainmentactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePlumerTo remove feathers from a bird."After hunting the duck, my grandfather spent an hour plucking its feathers before cooking it. "Après avoir chassé le canard, mon grand-père a passé une heure à plumer ses plumes avant de le cuisiner.animalfoodbirdactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDépouiller, voler, pillerTo rob, fleece, steal forcibly"The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way."Le brigand lubrique dépouillait ses victimes jusqu'à leurs sous-vêtements, ou les plus attirantes jusqu'au bout.propertyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePincerTo play a string instrument pizzicato."Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."Pincer un instrument à archet peut casser une corde.musicentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTirer, arracherTo pull or twitch sharply."The nervous student kept plucking at a loose thread on his shirt during the exam. "L'étudiant nerveux n'arrêtait pas de tirer sur un fil lâche de sa chemise pendant l'examen.actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÊtre recalé, échouer(university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree."After failing his final history exam, he was worried he would be plucking. "Après avoir échoué à son examen final d'histoire, il craignait d'être recalé.educationdegreeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareArracherOf a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing."The glacier is plucking rocks from the mountain, slowly carving out the valley as it moves. "Le glacier arrache des roches de la montagne, creusant lentement la vallée à mesure qu'il avance.geologygeographyenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCueillir, arracher(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked."The plucking of eyebrows is a common beauty practice. "L'épilation des sourcils est une pratique de beauté courante.actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn fragment obtenu en cueillantA fragment of something obtained by plucking."After the fight, there was a plucking of fur left on the carpet where the cats had been battling. "Après la bagarre, il restait un fragment de fourrure sur le tapis, là où les chats s'étaient battus.partthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
