Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed.

    She tucked in her young son and turned out the light.

    zudecken, eindecken

    прикры́тьprikrýtʹ, прикрыва́тьprikryvátʹ

  2. (intransitive)To pull the blankets or duvet up over oneself; to get in bed.

  3. (transitive)To push (the fabric at the bottom of a shirt) under the pants.

    tucken

    запра́витьzaprávitʹ, заправля́тьzapravljátʹ

  4. To acquire something tiny

  5. (transitive)To score from with a casual motion

  6. To place in a small space.

    "Tuck it in that corner."

  7. (intransitive)To eat heartily.

    Tuck in, before the food goes cold.

    eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food

Examples

28 sentences
  1. You should tuck your shirt in.

  2. He tucked the handkerchief in his pocket.

    ruОн сунул платок в карман. — marafon

    deEr stopfte das Taschentuch in seine Tasche. — Zaghawa

  3. Tom tucked in his shirt.

  4. Tom tucked his shirttail in.

    ruТом заправил рубашку. — averoes

  5. Tuck your shirt in.

    ruЗаправьте рубашку. — shanghainese

    deSteck dein Hemd rein. — Vortarulo

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed:
to push in loose clothing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed:
to push in loose clothing:

Origin

See tuck (1). See tuck (4).

See tuck (1).

See tuck (4).

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Forms

tucks in, tucking in, tucked in, tucked in
Base formtuck in · to tuck in
3rd person singulartucks in
Present participletucking in
Past simpletucked in
Past participletucked in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytuck in
he, she, ittucks in

Past simpleLesson

all personstucked in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tucked in
he, she, ithas tucked in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tuck in

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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