Word: Tuck
How to pronounce: tʌk
Verb
Definitions:
1. Push, fold, or turn (the edges or ends of something, especially a garment or bedclothes) so as to hide them or hold them in place.
Example sentences: "He tucked his shirt into his trousers"
2. Make a flattened, stitched fold in (a garment or material), typically so as to shorten or tighten it, or for decoration.
Noun
Definitions:
1. A flattened, stitched fold in a garment or material, typically one of several parallel folds put in a garment for shortening, tightening, or decoration.
Example sentences: "A dress with tucks along the bodice"
2. Food, typically cakes and candy, eaten by children at school as a snack.
3. (in diving, gymnastics, downhill skiing, etc.) a position with the knees bent and held close to the chest, often with the hands clasped around the shins.
Example sentences: "Lenzi nailed a reverse 3–1/2 somersault tuck on his final dive"
Synonyms:
twist
crease
pleat
crimp
pucker
shove
palm off
hide
insert
poke
fold
Derivations:
tucking
Tucker
tucked
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Tuck in Other Languages...
Spanish: Esconder
German: Verstecken
French: Abdominoplastie
Italian: Infilare
Turkish: Sokmak
