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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tuck up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed.
  2. (intransitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over oneself in bed.
  3. (transitive) To push the fabric at the bottom of a garment into itself or under another garment (especially trousers, skirt, dress etc.)
  4. (transitive) To cheat, trick or scam (someone).
  5. (intransitive) To protect one's face by covering it with the gloves
  6. (intransitive) to bring one's legs and abdomen together while lying face-up on the floor; to perform a tuck-up
  7. (obsolete, slang, transitive) To execute by hanging.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tucking up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tucked up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tucked up Tense=Past lexicographic
tucks up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

string up · ketch · stretch · send to the scaffold · truss · tuck in · string up · scrag · Guy Fawkes · tuck in · tuck up · hang · forhang

Translations (3)

mi kōpeke (push the fabric at the bottom of a garment into itself or under another garment (especially trousers, skirt, dress etc) · ca arregussar (push the fabric at the bottom of a garment into itself or under another garment (especially trousers, skirt, dress etc) · mi koroheihei (push the fabric at the bottom of a garment into itself or under another garment (especially trousers, skirt, dress etc)