If you pluck a fruit, flower, or leaf, you take it between your fingers and pull it in order to remove it from its stalk where it is growing.

If you pluck something from somewhere, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply from where it is.

If you pluck a guitar or other musical instrument, you pull the strings with your fingers and let them go, so that they make a sound.

If you pluck a chicken or other dead bird, you pull its feathers out to prepare it for cooking.

If a woman plucks her eyebrows, she pulls out some of the hairs using tweezers.

If someone unknown is given an important job or role and quickly becomes famous because of it, you can say that they have been plucked from obscurity or plucked from an unimportant position.

If someone is rescued from a dangerous situation, you can say that they are plucked from it or are plucked to safety.

If you say that someone has pluck, you mean that they show courage and determination when they are in a difficult or frightening situation.

If you pluck up the courage to do something that you feel nervous about, you make an effort to be brave enough to do it.

If you say that someone plucks a figure, name, or date out of the air, you mean that they say it without thinking much about it before they speak.