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1. (v.t.) tuck
to put into a small, close, or concealing place:
Tuck the money into your wallet; a house tucked away in the woods.
2. tuck
to thrust in the loose end or edge of so as to hold closely in place:
Tuck in your blouse.
3. tuck
to cover snugly in or as if in this manner:
She tucked the children into bed.
4. tuck
to draw or pull up into a fold or a folded arrangement:
to tuck up one's skirts.
5. tuck
to sew tucks in.
6. tuck
Informal. to eat or drink:
to tuck away a big meal.
7. (v.i.) tuck
to draw together; contract; pucker.
8. tuck
to make tucks.
9. tuck
to fit securely or snugly.
10. tuck
tuck into, to eat or start to eat with enthusiasm.
11. (n.) tuck
something tucked or folded in.
12. tuck
a fold made by doubling cloth upon itself and stitching parallel with the edge of the fold.
13. tuck
a body position in diving and gymnastics in which the head is lowered and the knees and thighs held against the chest.
14. tuck
a crouching position in skiing in which the ski poles are held close to the chest.
15. tuck
Brit. food, esp. sweets.
16. (Archaic.) tuck
a rapier.
17. (Chiefly Scot.) tuck
a drumbeat.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME tukken to beat, sound)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tuck
eatables (especially sweets)
2. (noun) tuck
(sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest
3. (noun) tuck
a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
4. (verb) rapier, tuck
a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
5. (verb) tuck, insert
fit snugly into
"insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"
6. (verb) tuck
make a tuck or several folds in
"tuck the fabric"; "tuck in the sheet"
7. (verb) gather, pucker, tuck
draw together into folds or puckers
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1. (verb) tuck
to push or fold the edge of sth under sth
She tucked the blanket around him.; Tuck your shirt into your pants.
2. tuck
to hide sth small somewhere
He tucked the note into his shirt pocket.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tuck
a long, narrow sword; a rapier
2. (noun) tuck
the beat of a drum
3. (noun) tuck
a horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait
4. (noun) tuck
a small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net
5. (noun) tuck
a pull; a lugging
6. (noun) tuck
the part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern
7. (noun) tuck
food; pastry; sweetmeats
8. (verb) tuck
to draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves
9. (verb) tuck
to make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress
10. (verb) tuck
to inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's arm, or into a pocket
11. (verb) tuck
to full, as cloth
12. (verb) tuck
to contract; to draw together
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Sense: a fold sewn into a piece of material
Her dress had tucks in the sleeves.
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 Afrikaans: voue |
 Arabic: ثِنْيَه، طَيَّه |
 Bulgarian: бастичка |
 Brazilian: dobra |
 Czech: záševek |
 German: die Falte |
 Danish: læg |
 Greek: πιέτα |
 Spanish: pliegue |
 Estonian: volt |
 Farsi: چین؛ تا |
 Finnish: taitos |
 French: rempli |
 Hebrew: קֶפֶל |
 Hindi: चुनट |
 Croatian: nabor, prišav |
 Hungarian: behajtás |
 Indonesian: lipatan |
 Icelandic: brot, felling |
 Italian: piega |
 Japanese: 縫いひだ |
 Korean: 주름 장식 |
 Lithuanian: įsiuvas, klostė |
 Latvian: iešuve; ieloce |
 Malay: lipatan |
 Dutch: plooi |
 Norwegian: (sydd) legg |
 Polish: zakładka |
 Persian: چین؛ تا |
 Pashto: چوڼلی ، چین |
 Portuguese: dobra |
 Romanian: cută |
 Russian: складка, сборка |
 Slovak: záševok, záhyb |
 Slovenian: zavihek |
 Serbian: ušitak |
 Swedish: veck |
 Thai: รอยพับ |
 Turkish: kat, kıvrım |
 Taiwanese: 縫褶 |
 Ukrainian: складка, зборка |
 Urdu: تہہ |
 Vietnamese: nếp gấp |
 Chinese: 缝褶 |
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