tuck
/tʌk/ verbe C1En français : rentrer, tucker
- To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
- To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden. · Tuck in your shirt. I tucked in the sheet. He tucked the $10 bill into his shirt pocket.· She tucked her hair behind her ear.
- To eat; to consume.
- To fit neatly. · The sofa tucks nicely into that corner.· Kenwood House is tucked into a corner of Hampstead Heath.
- To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs. · The diver tucked, flipped, and opened up at the last moment.
- To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in. · to tuck a dress
- To full, as cloth.
- Of a drag queen, trans woman, etc., to conceal one's penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape. · Honey, have you tucked today? We don't wanna see anything nasty down there.
He/she/it tucks · Prétérit tucked · Participe passé tucked · Forme en -ing tucking
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- tuck
- He/she/it
- tucks
- Prétérit
- tucked
- Participe passé
- tucked
- Forme en -ing
- tucking
Verbes à particule et expressions
- tuck away To save or hoard (something); to hide (something) in a sa...
- tuck in To eat heartily.
- tuck in To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); t...
- tuck into To eat, especially with gusto.
- tuck out to dangle free; to be untucked
- tuck up To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); t...
Dans la bibliothèque
Stitching tucks and mending tears,
All the little wood things--the ferns and the satin leaves and the crackerberries--have gone to sleep, just as if somebody had tucked them away until spring under a blanket of leaves.
I was simply wild to know how it turned out--although I felt sure Ben Hur must win, because it wouldn’t be poetical justice if he didn’t--so I spread the history open on my desk lid and then tucked Ben Hur between the desk and my knee.
The green dress was made up with as many tucks and frills and shirrings as Emily’s taste permitted.
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