tucked

2.3

Clothing or bedding folded and held neatly in place

adjective
/tʌkt/

: metido

I also think this one would be cute like tucked in to a trouser pant.

And the blouse just tucked in like I just love the way this looks.

Autoplay Next

Examples

All right guys, I'm all tucked up into bed.
The tablecloth was neatly tucked under the edges of the table.
Right guys, I'm just getting all tucked up into bed.
And the blouse just tucked in like I just love the way this looks.

Freddy My Love
I set up the tent, and I got them in all tucked into their little cots.
You just need a knee length pencil skirt, dress shirt tucked in, and a little necktie or Ascot.
This next outfit is simply a black and white knitted jumper tucked into some foil leather shorts.
She wore a shirt that was tucked into her high-waisted jeans.
The blanket was tucked securely around the sleeping baby.

Synonyms

pleated

vstucked

1 3.3

Cloth that has many narrow folds, like a skirt or curtain

is folded and secured mainly to keep edges neat rather than form a pattern

to ruched

vstucked

Specialized

8.5

To gather fabric into small folds to make it look ruffled

is gathered and secured more neatly, not producing a ruffled surface

Antonyms

untucked

3 4.9

Clothing with the bottom hanging outside the waist

How Neat

pristine

63 5.1

tucked

2.3

neat

144 1.0

rumpled

11 4.2

Surface Forms

tucked positive

Morphology

tucked = tuck (transparent) = tuck + ed

The word 'tucked' is a straightforward past participle form of 'tuck', indicating a completed action.

Etymology

Tucked comes from the simple verb tuck, which means 'to fold' or 'push in' something to make it neat. So when a shirt or sheet is 'tucked' it is folded or held in place to look tidy.