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| NOUN | 1 | tack | The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails |
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| 2 | tack | A short nail with a sharp point and a large head | |
| 3 | tack, stable gear, saddlery | Gear for a horse | |
| 4 | tack, sheet, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | |
| 5 | tack, tacking | (nautical) the act of changing tack | |
| 6 | tack | Sailing a zigzag course | |
| VERB | 1 | tack | Fasten with tacks |
| 2 | tack, wear round | Turn into the wind | |
| 3 | tack, assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack together | Create by putting components or members together | |
| 4 | tack, baste | Sew together loosely, with large stitches | |
| 5 | tack, append, tag on, tack on, hang on | Fix to | |
| 6 | tack, interchange, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop | Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) |
| Sounds | tae'k |
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| Rhymes | aback, almanac, amnesiac, and 120 more rhymes in aek... |
| Meaning | The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails. |
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| Broader | bearing, heading, aim |
| Verbs | tack |
| Meaning | A short nail with a sharp point and a large head. |
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| Broader | nail |
| Narrower | carpet tack; thumbtack, drawing pin, pushpin; tintack |
| Verbs | tack |
| Meaning | Gear for a horse. |
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| Synonyms | stable gear, saddlery |
| Broader | gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance |
| Narrower | bit; caparison, trapping, housing; cinch, girth; hame; harness; headgear; martingale; saddle blanket, saddlecloth, horse blanket; yoke |
| Meaning | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind. |
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| Synonyms | sheet, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud |
| Part of | ship |
| Category | seafaring, navigation, sailing |
| Broader | line |
| Narrower | futtock shroud |
| Verbs | tack |
| Meaning | (nautical) the act of changing tack. |
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| Synonyms | tacking |
| Category | seafaring, navigation, sailing |
| Broader | change of course |
| Verbs | tack |
| Meaning | Sailing a zigzag course. |
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| Broader | sailing |
| Meaning | Fasten with tacks. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "tack the notice on the board" |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure |
| See also | tack on |
| Narrower | thumbtack |
| Nouns | tack; tacker; tacker; tacker |
| Meaning | Turn into the wind. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked" |
| Synonyms | wear round |
| Category | navigation, pilotage, piloting; boat |
| Broader | sail |
| Nouns | tack; tacking; tack |
| Meaning | Create by putting components or members together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "He tacked together some verses" |
| Synonyms | assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack together |
| Contrary | disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart |
| Broader | join, bring together; make, create |
| Narrower | confect, confection, comfit; jumble, confuse, mix up; reassemble; configure; compound; rig up |
| Meaning | Sew together loosely, with large stitches. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | baste |
| Broader | sew, run up, sew together, stitch |
| Nouns | tacker |
| Meaning | Fix to. Attach. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Synonyms | append, tag on, tack on, hang on |
| Broader | attach |
| Narrower | subjoin |
| Meaning | Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action). |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | interchange, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop |
| Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse |
| Nouns | tack |
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