"plukken" meaning in Middle English

See plukken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈplukən/
Etymology: From Old English pluccian, from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn, from Proto-Germanic *plukkōną. Compare plicchen. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|pluccian}} Old English pluccian, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*plukkōn}} Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*plukkōną}} Proto-Germanic *plukkōną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} plukken, {{enm-verb|stem=plukk}} plukken (third-person singular simple present plukketh, present participle plukkende, plukkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle plukked) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|plukk}} Forms: plukketh [present, singular, third-person], plukkende [participle, present], plukkynge [participle, present], plukked [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], plukken [infinitive], to plukken [infinitive], plukke [infinitive], plukke [first-person, present, singular], plukked [first-person, past, singular], plukkest [present, second-person, singular], plukkedest [past, second-person, singular], plukketh [present, singular, third-person], plukked [past, singular, third-person], plukke [present, singular, subjunctive], plukked [past, singular, subjunctive], plukke [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], plukken [plural, present], plukke [plural, present], plukkeden [past, plural], plukkede [past, plural], plukketh [imperative, plural, present], plukke [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], plukkynge [participle, present], plukkende [participle, present], plukked [participle, past], yplukked [participle, past], ploke [alternative], plokke [alternative], plucke [alternative], pluk [alternative], pluke [alternative], plukke [alternative], plukkyn [alternative]
  1. To pluck; to pull or yank out:
    To pluck bare; to leave featherless or hairless.
    Sense id: en-plukken-enm-verb-Ph1Fro9o Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Hair Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 8 19 18 14 16 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 10 22 22 10 10 9 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 32 28 7 7 7 5 Disambiguation of Hair: 98 1 1 0 0
  2. To pluck; to pull or yank out:
    To pick; to remove from a plant.
    Sense id: en-plukken-enm-verb-Cj4CsdD- Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 8 19 18 14 16 8 6
  3. To pluck; to pull or yank out:
    (figuratively) To remove or seize.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-plukken-enm-verb-hLvI4f7R Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 8 19 18 14 16 8 6
  4. To drag, yank or tug.
    Sense id: en-plukken-enm-verb-bqCfMvCu
  5. (figuratively) To entice or induce. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-plukken-enm-verb-JuJvBfD9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Agriculture Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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        "(figuratively) To remove or seize."
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      },
      "expansion": "plukken (third-person singular simple present plukketh, present participle plukkende, plukkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle plukked)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "plukk"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To pluck; to pull or yank out:",
        "To pluck bare; to leave featherless or hairless."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pluck",
          "pluck"
        ],
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ],
        [
          "yank",
          "yank"
        ],
        [
          "bare",
          "bare"
        ],
        [
          "featherless",
          "featherless"
        ],
        [
          "hairless",
          "hairless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To pluck; to pull or yank out:",
        "To pick; to remove from a plant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pluck",
          "pluck"
        ],
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ],
        [
          "yank",
          "yank"
        ],
        [
          "pick",
          "pick"
        ],
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To pluck; to pull or yank out:",
        "To remove or seize."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pluck",
          "pluck"
        ],
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ],
        [
          "yank",
          "yank"
        ],
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To pluck; to pull or yank out:",
        "(figuratively) To remove or seize."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To drag, yank or tug."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drag",
          "drag"
        ],
        [
          "yank",
          "yank"
        ],
        [
          "tug",
          "tug"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To entice or induce."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entice",
          "entice"
        ],
        [
          "induce",
          "induce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To entice or induce."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplukən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plukken"
}

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