At night, parents tuck their children into bed.
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Tuck
//tʌk//
Synonyms for "tuck" (72 found)
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Related words (36)
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More general
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
2 entriesdbpedia occupation
1 entriesderived
16 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
11 entriesis a
6 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
Translations
78 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- група noun (diving: curled position)
- подгъв noun (sewing: fold stitched from end to end)
- подгъване noun (act of tucking)
- подгъвам verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
Catalan
1 entries- sacsó noun (sewing: fold stitched from end to end)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 掖 verb (sew folds)
Czech
4 entries- sámek noun (sewing: fold stitched from end to end)
- záševek noun (sewing: fold stitched from end to end)
- dělat sámky verb (sew folds)
- nabrat verb (sew folds)
Finnish
4 entries- keräasento noun (diving: curled position)
- laskos noun (sewing: fold stitched from end to end)
- muna-asento noun (curled position)
- sisäänveto noun (sewing: fold stitched from end to end)
French
2 entries- rentrer verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
- tucker verb (conceal one's penis)
Georgian
1 entries- ჩატანიება verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
Hungarian
4 entries- bedug verb (place somewhere safe or hidden)
- betűr verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
- dug verb (place somewhere safe or hidden)
- tűr verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
Italian
4 entries- adattarsi verb (fit neatly)
- incastrare verb (fit neatly)
- incastrarsi verb (fit neatly)
- infilare verb (place somewhere safe or hidden)
Marathi
4 entries- खोचणे verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
- खोचणे verb (place somewhere safe or hidden)
- खोवणे verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
- खोवणे verb (place somewhere safe or hidden)
Māori
4 entries- whakahoi noun (sewing: fold stitched from end to end)
- hume verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
- koroheihei verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
- koroheihei verb (place somewhere safe or hidden)
Polish
2 entries- wkładać verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
- włożyć verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
Portuguese
1 entries- aquendar verb (conceal one's penis)
Russian
4 entries- засо́вывать verb (place somewhere safe or hidden)
- засу́нуть verb (place somewhere safe or hidden)
- засу́чивать verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
- засучи́ть verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- trus verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
Spanish
4 entries- encajar verb (fit neatly)
- hacer dobladillo verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
- resguardar verb (place somewhere safe or hidden)
- trucarse verb (conceal one's penis)
Welsh
4 entries- plygu verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
- twcio verb (push the end of fabric out of sight)
- twcio verb (place somewhere safe or hidden)
- twcio verb (fit neatly)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Tuck your shirt in.
Source: tatoeba (2210674)
I tuck my children into bed every night.
Source: tatoeba (3617518)
Can you tuck me in?
Source: tatoeba (6890465)
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