plucked

VERB

grab, pull out; pick at

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clutch cull harvest snatch strum yank

STRONG

catch collect draw finger gather jerk plunk tug tweak

WEAK

pull at

Antonyms

STRONG

disperse distribute divide misunderstand push scatter

WEAK

insert

Example Sentences

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When a violin string is plucked, it produces a main tone along with a series of overtones.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

We plucked three healthy tomato plants and three pots.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Normally, top mandarins are plucked from the British civil service for the Washington post.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Paul, the first contestant not to be plucked from the Bachelor Nation, broke that mould in many ways.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Emily, the girl who’d been so soothing before, asked as she plucked pointlessly at her sweatshirt sleeve.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix