TUCKED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tucked mean? 

• TUCKED (adjective)
  The adjective TUCKED has 1 sense:

1. having tucked or being tucked

  Familiarity information: TUCKED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUCKED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having tucked or being tucked

Context example:

a fancy tucked shirt

Antonym:

untucked (lacking tucks or not being tucked)

 Context examples 

But she tucked it under her arm with a sharp...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

So I tucked a blanket and pillow under my arm and went up on deck.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I did not wake her, but tucked her up warmly; I have taken care that the door is locked and the window securely fastened.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Certainly, sir,” said Baker, who had risen and tucked his newly gained property under his arm.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With so much going on with Capricorn planets, it is surprising that Mars will be unusually quiet and tucked away in your twelfth house of solitude.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He nodded his head, regarding her thoughtfully as she gathered the torn pieces of manuscript and tucked them into the pocket of her jacket—ocular evidence of the success of her mission.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

By that time she was tired of walking, and sat by the fire with her dress tucked up as usual.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was indeed a tall and buxom country lass, with a basket of spinach-leaves upon her head, and a great slab of bacon tucked under one arm.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hair cells are spread across a flat surface called the basilar membrane, which is rolled like a carpet and tucked into a snail shell-shaped structure in the inner ear called the cochlea.

(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)

He had gone out before breakfast, and I had sat down to mine when he strode into the room, his hat upon his head and a huge barbed-headed spear tucked like an umbrella under his arm.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)