tack

[ UK /tˈæk/ ]
[ 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

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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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