TEAR vs PLUCK: NOUN
- A spree.
- A turbulent motion, as of water.
- A rent; a fissure.
- Plural The gum-disease of citrous trees; psorosis.
- A carousal; a spree.
- A great rush; a hurry.
- The result of tearing; a rip or rent.
- A drop of a liquid or hardened fluid.
- The act of weeping.
- A profusion of this liquid spilling from the eyes and wetting the cheeks, especially as an expression of emotion.
- A drop of the clear salty liquid that is secreted by the lachrymal gland of the eye to lubricate the surface between the eyeball and eyelid and to wash away irritants.
- An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- An occasion for excessive eating or drinking
- A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
- The act of tearing
- A drop or small quantity of the limpid fluid secreted by the lacrymal gland, appearing in the eye or falling from it; in the plural, the peculiar secretion of the lacrymal gland, serving to moisten the front of the eyeball and inner surfaces of the eyelids, and on occasion to wash out the eye or free it from specks of dirt, dust, or other irritating substances.
- The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
- Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
- The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
- The lyrie.
- An instance of plucking
- The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
- Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
- The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
- The pogge, Agonus cataphractus.
- The act or an instance of plucking.
- Resourceful courage and daring in the face of difficulties; spirit.
- The heart, liver, windpipe, and lungs of a slaughtered animal.
- A blow; a stroke.
- Hence Heart; courage; spirit; determined energy; resolution in the face of difficulties.
- The heart, liver, and lungs or lights of a sheep, ox, or other animal used as butchers' meat: also used figuratively or humorously of the like parts of a human being.
- A pull; a tug; a twitch; a snatch: as, he gave the sword a pluck.
- A bout; around.
- The act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
- The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
TEAR vs PLUCK: VERB
- Strip of feathers
- Separate or cause to separate abruptly
- To separate or be separated by force
- Move quickly and violently
- Fill with tears or shed tears
- To pull or twitch sharply
- To play a string instrument pizzicato
- To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
- To remove feathers from a bird.
- To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
- To pull something sharply; to pull something out
- Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- Look for and gather
- Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- Pull or pull out sharply
- Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- Strip of feathers
TEAR vs PLUCK: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To divide or disrupt.
- To separate forcefully; wrench.
- To make (an opening) in something by pulling it apart or by accident.
- To lacerate (the skin, for example).
- To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident.
- To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.
- To become filled with tears.
- To become torn.
- To move with heedless speed; rush headlong.
- To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick.
- To remove abruptly or forcibly.
- To give an abrupt pull to; tug at.
- To sound (the strings of an instrument) by pulling and releasing them with the fingers or a plectrum.
- To give an abrupt pull; tug.
- To pull out the hair or feathers of.
- To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at.
TEAR vs PLUCK: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick
- To strip of, or as of, feathers.
- To reject at an examination for degrees.
- To pull away, or to separate by pulling; to tear away.
- To gather up; to summon.
- To pull or tear off.
- To pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a lower state.
- To pull; to draw.
TEAR vs PLUCK: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To fill or besprinkle with or as with tears.
- To move noisily and with vigorous haste or eagerness; move and act with turbulent violence; hence, to rave; rant; bluster; rage; rush violently or noisily: as, to tear out of the house.
- To part, divide, or separate on being pulled or handled with more or less violence: as, cloth that tears readily.
- To pull to pieces or shreds; rend completely: as, to tear up a piece of paper; to tear up a sheet into strips.
- To drag or remove violently or rudely; pull or pluck with violence or effort; force rudely or unceremoniously; wrench; take by force: with from, down, out, off, etc.
- To rend; pull apart or in pieces; make a rent or rents in: as, to tear one's clothes; to tear up a letter.
- To lacerate; wound in the surface, as by the action of teeth or of something sharp rudely dragged over it: as, to tear the skin with thorns: also used figuratively: as, a heart torn with anguish; a party or a church torn by factions.
- Synonyms Rip, Split, etc. See rend.
- To produce or effect by rending or some similar action: as, to tear a hole in one's dress.
- (idiom) (tear (one's) hair) To be greatly upset or distressed.
- To pull sharply, as if at the folds of a skirt: used with at.
- In geology, to pry off or tear away, as blocks of rock from the lee side of cliffs or projections, or more moderate slopes: said of the action of moving ice, as in glaciers. See plucking.
- To pull off, as feathers from a fowl, or fruit or flowers from a plant; pick off; gather; pick or cull, as berries or flowers.
- To pull; draw; drag: used either literally or figuratively.
- Especially To pull sharply; pull with sudden force or jerk; give a tugor twitch to; twitch; snatch; twang, as the strings of a harp or guitar.
- To strip, as a fowl, by pulling off its feathers; strip the feathers from: as, to pluck a fowl.
- To reject, after a university or other examination, as not coming up to the required standard.
- To summon or muster up: as, to pluck up courage, spirit, etc.
- Intrans., to collect one's self; gather spirit or courage.
- In geology, to break off easily in large pieces, as granite. See plucking.
- Ask an unreasonable price
- Rip off
TEAR vs PLUCK: RELATED WORDS
- Charge, Buck, Binge, Bender, Rent, Toot, Shoot, Snap, Teardrop, Bust, Pluck, Split, Pull, Rupture, Rip
- Fleece, Tear, Tweak, Roll, Gazump, Hook, Rob, Hustle, Soak, Plunk, Cull, Pluckiness, Gutsiness, Pick, Pull
TEAR vs PLUCK: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Deplume, Charge, Buck, Binge, Bender, Rent, Toot, Shoot, Snap, Teardrop, Bust, Split, Pull, Rupture, Rip
- Deplume, Pick off, Pull off, Plume, Overcharge, Fleece, Tear, Tweak, Roll, Gazump, Hook, Soak, Plunk, Pick, Pull
TEAR vs PLUCK: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Hubers shed a single tear for her victim.
- It will tear apart their system of legalism.
- Normal wear and tear occurs naturally over time.
- As noted earlier, Attorney General Reno held eight meetings to discuss various aspects of the tear gas plan with tear gas experts.
- Confirmation of an ACL tear is essential since the treatment differs from a common knee ligament strain or a meniscus tear.
- To tear the page is to tear our world apart.
- Comparison of tear secretion and tear film instability after photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis.
- Rotator cuff tear caused by chronic wear and tear is a symptom of shoulder instability.
- What are the symptoms of a shoulder labral tear or SLAP tear?
- This tear is analogous to the tear show in Fig.
- What happens when you pluck the rubber bands?
- SYN: Twitch, pluck, pull, catch, grasp, gripe, clutch.
- Then pluck turns giving each other spa services.
- Do pluck it softly fur tliat shepheards sake.
- My remedy is then to pluck it out.
- Pluck up your spirit, Jon, and break away.
- My remedy is, then, to pluck it out.
- Pluck, the free Web organizer software at pluck.com, can also handle RSS feeds.
- Nisua, A pluck, or calfs pluck, Exta vitu.
- To pluck, or give one a pluck, Velio, vcllico.
TEAR vs PLUCK: QUESTIONS
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- Does fluorescein-tear breakup time measure efficacy of tear replacement therapy?
- Can an oblique meniscomeniscal tear mimic a bucket handle tear?
- What does the Bible say about pluck grain on Sabbath?
- What happens if you pluck multiple hairs from your head?
- How do you pluck without pressing down on guitar frets?
- What does the Bible say about pluck up and destroy?
- What does it mean when someone says you have pluck?
- Why do people pluck grass blades to watch the wind?
- How do you pluck a pheasant without ripping it open?
- Is it illegal to pluck roadside plants in Singapore?
- Do Dallas BBQs pluck the feathers from their wings?
- Can I pluck my hair between electrolysis treatments?