PLUCKED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plucked mean? 

• PLUCKED (adjective)
  The adjective PLUCKED has 2 senses:

1. of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum

2. having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl

  Familiarity information: PLUCKED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLUCKED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum

Similar:

pizzicato ((of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Antonym:

bowed (of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl

Context example:

an unfeathered goose

Similar:

featherless; unfeathered (having no feathers)

 Context examples 

I know not why the young shoots should be plucked, and an old weed left standing, yet certes there must be some good reason, since God hath so planned it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could do nothing, however, so I plucked up what heart I could and said that we had better hasten, as the afternoon was passing....

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

She gave me a seat by her, and after my face cooled off, I plucked up courage and looked about me.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Meantime the thieves were frightened, and ran off a little way; but at last they plucked up their hearts, and said, “The little urchin is only trying to make fools of us.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

He turned a dreadful smile to me, and as if with the decision of despair, plucked away the sheet.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Now and again I stumbled, and it was then that Silver plucked so roughly at the rope and launched at me his murderous glances.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Gravity waves are much like how a guitar string moves when plucked, while acoustic waves are compressions of the air (sound waves).

(Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Likely a Massive Heat Source, NASA)

The more usual victims are a white cock, which is plucked in pieces alive, or a black goat, whose throat is cut and body burned.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You heard how I plucked Montague the brewer!

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes and I followed them down the lane, and my friend plucked at my sleeve as we came out.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)