Meaning of "pluck"

pluck •

v.
• • 1. to pull off or out: bumunot, bunutin
  • 2. to pick flowers, fruits, etc,: pumitas, mamitas, pitasin, pumupol, mamupol, pupulin
  • 3. to pull the feathers off a fowl: maghimulmol, himulmulan
  • 4. to pluck the strings of a musical instrument: kumalbit, kalbitin, kalabitin
  • 5. to pull, to pull at: humila, hilahin, bumatak, batakin
  • 6. to pull up: bumunot, bunutin
  • 7. to gather up courage: magpalakas ng loob, lakasan (laksan) ang loob, tibayan ang loob

n.
• • courage: tapang, katapangan, lakas ng loob

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v.
• • 1. to pluck, to extract: bumunot, bunutin, bunutan
  • 2. to draw, to haul, to drag, to tug: humila, hilahin, bumatak, batakin
  • 3. to draw out: dumukot, dukutin
  • 4. to stretch, strain, pull taut: bumanat, banatin, mag-unat, unatin
  • 5. the act of pulling: hila, paghila, batak, pagbatak, haltak, paghaltak, hatak, paghatak
  • 6. a drawing out: dukot, pagdukot, bunot, pagbunot
  • 7. a pulling up: bunot, pagbunot
  • 8. to pull out means to open forcibly: humaltak, haltakin, bumaltak, baltakin
  • 9. to draw out, to pull up, to uproot: dumukot, dukutin, bumunot, magbunot, bunutin

v.
• • manglabnot, labnutin (mang-:-in) pull out forcibly, pluck, cut, unroot. Nilabnot ng babae ang buhok ng kaaway. The woman pulled out the hair of her enemy.