Definition of tuck

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Tuck (v. t.) 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..

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Stuck :: Stuck () imp. & p. p. of Stick.
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait..
Terminus :: Terminus (n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line..
Succinct :: Succinct (a.) Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
Tucket :: Tucket (n.) A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare.
Bedstaff :: Bedstaff (n.) A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side..
Tucking :: Tucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tuc.
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) The beat of a drum.
Needlebook :: Needlebook (n.) A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck..
Bestuck :: Bestuck (imp. & p. p.) of Bestic.
Attachment :: Attachment (n.) Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.)..
Oidium :: Oidium (n.) A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera, among them the vine mildew (Oidium Tuckeri), which has caused much injury to grapes..
Tuck :: Tuck (v. t.) 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..
Stud :: Stuck-up (a.) Self-important and supercilious, /onceited; vain; arrogant..
Tuck :: Tuck (v. t.) 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..
Tucet :: Tucet (n.) See Tucket, a steak..
Tuck :: Tuck (v. i.) To contract; to draw together.
Tuckahoe :: Tuckahoe (n.) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf..
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
Tuck-net :: Tuck-net (n.) See Tuck, n., 2..
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