pluck

Object

• eyebrow: Luke was too busy getting his eyebrows plucked to join in.
• feather: They can often chase the rest of the flights occupants, plucking feathers from them.
• string: He plucked the strings with his left hand, using his right hand to hold down the chords.
• leaf: It is not enough to pluck a leaf or snip a branch.
• chicken: A striking picture recently in the press showed a small child sitting plucking dead chickens.
• guitar: So I began gripping them with my teeth and gently tugging, meanwhile plucking the guitar.

Modifying Another Word

• delicately: As one delicately plucks the strings of her Celtic harp, the other performs a captivating show with her crystal balls.
• gently: Then she let another string go, I gently plucked that one.
• finally: I finally plucked up courage to go out to the Free Church prayer meeting on the Wednesday night.
• straight: Yes, they seem to have been plucked straight from a modern list of Scouting activities!
• eventually: But, as more and more of my friends started wearing them, I eventually plucked up the courage to try them myself.

Followed by an intransitive particle

off: Rinse and pluck off all the old mix assuming it is organic and rotted.

Followed by a transitive particle

• up: A couple of weeks later I plucked up the courage to write to him.
• off: Just like a wild leopard he plucked off most of the fur first.

Particle object:

courage: A couple of weeks later I plucked up the courage to write to him.

Preposition: from

• obscurity: Many of you might be asking why a young unknown should be plucked from obscurity to star in a motion picture?
• air: World s Fastest Card Trick - A thought of card is plucked from mid air!
• sea: We stayed on deck long enough to see the second bag plucked from the sea, its contents likewise dumped down the chute.

Preposition: up

courage: Two weeks after Sassoon's arrival, Wilfred Owen plucked up enough courage to introduce himself to the older poet.

Infinitive complement

continue: Because I--I adore a man who has the pluck to continue to capsize every day or two.