Avulse: alternatives and connections

Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Oppose…

To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.

To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together.

To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.

To pluck off; to crop; to gather.

To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.

To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.

To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to e…

Endurance; pluck.

To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck.

A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned,…

A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.

A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of t…

Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck;…

To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a…

To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.