to take a firm hold of (something) and remove it

I would … have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out — Shakespeare

to pick (a flower, fruit, etc)

to pull out (feathers) from a chicken, etc

to remove the feathers from (a bird's carcass)

to pull out (hairs), esp from the eyebrows

to neaten (the eyebrows) by pulling some of the hairs out

to produce sounds from (a stringed musical instrument) using the fingers or a plectrum

to use the fingers or a plectrum on (the strings of a musical instrument)