tuck
tuck is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 10 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
- 3.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.
- 4.Etym: [Perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. F. toquer to touch. Cf. Tocsin.] To full, as cloth. [Prov. Eng.]
- 5.To contract; to draw together. [Obs.]
- 6.A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
- 7.A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.
- 8.A pull; a lugging. [Obs.] See Tug. Life of A. Wood.
- 9.(Naut.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
- 10.Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] T. Hughes.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- cocker
- cockle
- corrugate
- corrugation
- crankle
- crease
- crimple
- crinkle
- crumple
- curl
- double
- doubling
- down
- duplicature
- ear
- elbow
- feet
- flexion
- flexure
- flounce
- flute
- fluted
- fold
- frizzle
- frounce
- gather
- hem
- joint
- lapel
- plait
- pleat
- plicate
- plication
- plicature
- ply
- pucker
- rimple
- rivel
- ruck
- ruffle
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is tuck.
- What is 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 called?
- What is to make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is etym: [Perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. F. toquer to touch. Cf. Tocsin.] To full, as cloth. [Prov. Eng.] called?
- What is a horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait called?
- What is a small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net called?
- What is a pull; a lugging. [Obs.] See Tug. Life of A. Wood called?
- What is the part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern called?
- What is food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] T. Hughes called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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