"pluck out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: plucks out [present, singular, third-person], plucking out [participle, present], plucked out [participle, past], plucked out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pluck out (third-person singular simple present plucks out, present participle plucking out, simple past and past participle plucked out)
  1. To remove by plucking. Translations (to remove by plucking): wyrywać [imperfective] (Polish), wyrwać [perfective] (Polish), usuwać [imperfective] (Polish), usunąć [perfective] (Polish), wydłubywać [imperfective] (Polish), wydłubać [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pluck_out-en-verb-vvhVBRqA Disambiguation of 'to remove by plucking': 97 3
  2. To select; to pick out. Translations (to select; to pick out): wybierać [imperfective] (Polish), wybrać [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pluck_out-en-verb-4G1MTwVX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'to select; to pick out': 1 99

Inflected forms

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