pluck

Potatoes need to be plucked from the ground and handled with care to prevent browning that can mar otherwise perfect chips.

The key to the study was investigating samples of earth plucked by scientists from a ship collecting samples from deep beneath the seafloor.

“Will There Ever Be Another You” is a mixed bag; readers must sift through “clods” of ornate prose to pluck nuggets of gold.

He counted the days by plucking teeth off a comb.

For the next two hours, they plucked Q-tips and chicken bones off the ground with grabber tools.