pluck
verb (used with object)
to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc..
am plucking
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present progressiveof pluck (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am plucking up my spirits, and have begun to gather my little sensual comforts together.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
