tack
/tæk/ verb B2- To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
- To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
- To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding.
- To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
- To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To add something as an extra item. · to tack (something) onto (something)
- Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”).
He/she/it tacks · Past tacked · Past participle tacked · -ing form tacking
Verb forms
- Base form
- tack
- He/she/it
- tacks
- Past
- tacked
- Past participle
- tacked
- -ing form
- tacking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Marilla could not help tacking on that last sentence, although she was again surprised at herself for doing it.
I went to my work as usual at ten o’clock, but the door was shut and locked, with a little square of cardboard hammered on to the middle of the panel with a tack.
He soon saw that the vessel, with the wind dead ahead, was tacking between the Château d’If and the tower of Planier.
He rose on the waves, making signs of distress; but no one on board saw him, and the vessel stood on another tack.
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