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