tack

[ UK /tˈæk/ ]
[ US /ˈtæk/ ]
VERB
  1. sew together loosely, with large stitches
    baste a hem
  2. create by putting components or members together
    They set up a committee
    She pieced a quilt
    He tacked together some verses
  3. fasten with tacks
    tack the notice on the board
  4. turn into the wind
    The boat tacked
    The sailors decided to tack the boat
  5. fix to; attach
    append a charm to the necklace
  6. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
NOUN
  1. (nautical) the act of changing tack
  2. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
  3. the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
  4. sailing a zigzag course
  5. gear for a horse
  6. a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
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How To Use tack In A Sentence

  • A little pyrotechnics display tacked on just serves to emphasise its lack of cutting edge. Times, Sunday Times
  • Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
  • And if you can develop a machine to look for the needle in the haystack and what you come out with from having the machine sift through the haystack is a box of straw, where maybe the needle's in there and maybe a few bonus needles, then that's a whole lot better than having humans try to sift through a haystack. Wired Top Stories
  • Defensive tackle is a bit more of a crapshoot, but the one thing they must make sure of is that whomever they take has a brilliant mind.
  • Arguing that FDR provoked the attack was Gore Vidal, novelist, provocateur, T. V. icon, and one of the greatest English-language essayists alive.
  • IS is said to have used chlorine gas in attacks and built up a substantial chemical weapons cache. The Sun
  • Airline officials are calling the attack a suicide attempt.
  • It is therefore unsurprising that such seizures are sometimes confused with panic attacks.
  • You live and die by the way you defend and attack. The Sun
  • Survivors of the terror attack will give evidence today. Times, Sunday Times
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