tuck
//tʌk//
Forms
- present (v1)
- tuck
- past (v2)
- tucked
- past participle (v3)
- tucked
- present participle
- tucking
- 3rd person singular
- tucks
- Plural
- tucks
Definitions
1.To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
2.To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden.
- She tucked her hair behind her ear.
- Tuck in your shirt. I tucked in the sheet. He tucked the $10 bill into his shirt pocket.
3.To eat; to consume.
4.To fit neatly.
- The sofa tucks nicely into that corner.
- Kenwood House is tucked into a corner of Hampstead Heath.
1.A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
2.A curled position.
3.A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
4.An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4400
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūcian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare also *tukkōną), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”).