tucking
present participle oftuck
tuck
verb[Tusually+ adv/prep]
uk/tʌk/us/tʌk/tuckverb[T usually + adv/prep](TIDY)
topushalooseend of apieceofclothingormaterialinto aparticularplaceorposition,especiallyto make ittidyorcomfortable:
Should I tuck myshirtintomytrousers?
He tucked thebottomof thesheetunderthemattress.
Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- around
- changesomethingaround
- circle
- consign
- install
- lie
- pile(something)up
- plant
- redeposit
- reinstall
- reinstallation
- relocate
- reorientate
- spread
- stick
- superimpose
- transpose
- transposition
tuckverb[T usually + adv/prep](STORE SAFELY)
to put something into asafeorconvenientplace:
Tuckyourglovesinyourpocketso that you don'tlosethem.
She had adolltuckedunderherarm.
Eventually Ifoundthecertificatetuckedunderapileofoldbills.
Tuckyourchairin(= put it so that theseatof it is under thetable)so that no onetripsover it.
Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- around
- changesomethingaround
- circle
- consign
- install
- lie
- pile(something)up
- plant
- redeposit
- reinstall
- reinstallation
- relocate
- reorientate
- spread
- stick
- superimpose
- transpose
- transposition
tuckverb[T usually + adv/prep](BODY)
toholdpartofyourbodyin aparticularposition:
Stand upstraight, tuckyourtummyinand tuckyourbottomunder.
Shesatwith herlegstuckedunderher.
Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- around
- changesomethingaround
- circle
- consign
- install
- lie
- pile(something)up
- plant
- redeposit
- reinstall
- reinstallation
- relocate
- reorientate
- spread
- stick
- superimpose
- transpose
- transposition
tuckverb[T usually + adv/prep](HIDDEN)
be tucked (away)
to be in aplacethat ishiddenor where fewpeoplego:
Tucked along/down thisalleyare somebeautifuloldhouses.
Agroupoftinybrickhousesis tucked away behind thefactory.
Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- around
- changesomethingaround
- circle
- consign
- install
- lie
- pile(something)up
- plant
- redeposit
- reinstall
- reinstallation
- relocate
- reorientate
- spread
- stick
- superimpose
- transpose
- transposition
Phrasal verbs
tucksomethingaway
tucksomeonein
tuck in/tuck intosomething
Examplesoftucking
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Finally, the pattern of fronting of multiple auxiliaries is predicted if a 'tuckingin ' analysis of head movement is posited (sections 7-10).
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Furthermore, the 'tuckingin ' analysis provides answers to the questions raised in (120).
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The main pulmonary artery end of the homograft is prepared by excising the valve, oversewing, thentuckingthis "stump" anterior to the phrenic nerve for later use.
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I did not want it done surreptitiously bytuckingaway this proposal in an incomprehensible amendment somewhere in the schedule.
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Now they aretuckingit away in the accounting adjustments to try to get rid of its cost.
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I did not at that time understand that that meant simplytuckingit away in the proceedings.
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Is that his idea oftuckingthings away?
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It would be nice to be able to talk about such important topics during the daytime for once, instead oftuckingthem away in the evening.
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On the day that he announced a 73p increase in the basic pension, he revealed that he istuckingaway thousands of millions in surpluses on social security.
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He accused me oftuckingin my statement on research associations towards the end of my speech, but he tucked in his questions rather towards the end of our debate.
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The danger at the moment is that we aretuckingthe unemployment problem into a corner and hoping that the other economic problems will be solved somehow.
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Sloths sleep in crotches of trees or by dangling from branches by their legs andtuckingtheir head in between their forelegs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Historians have likewise noted the absence of citations to any specific law in which that bans thetuckingin their shirts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tuckingaway her gratuitous beauty behind pancake makeup and that blonde hay-er, she's in effortless, sassy command.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This in turn lifts the rider and the body of the bike, exacerbating the naturaltuckingunder of the rear wheel.
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