crust vs pluck

crust

noun
  • Nerve, gall. 

  • An outer layer composed of pastry 

  • The top or bottom slice of a loaf of bread; The end piece of a loaf; The heel. 

  • The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc. 

  • The outermost layer of any terrestrial planet. 

  • The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth. 

  • The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc. 

  • A living. 

  • The bread-like base of a pizza. 

  • A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary. 

verb
  • To cover with a crust. 

  • To form a crust. 

pluck

noun
  • Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. 

  • The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. 

  • An instance of plucking or pulling sharply. 

  • Cheap wine. 

verb
  • To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation. 

  • To pull something sharply; to pull something out 

  • To pull or twitch sharply. 

  • To remove feathers from a bird. 

  • To play a string instrument pizzicato. 

  • To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. 

  • Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing. 

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