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Tack
tak
Tack definitions
verb
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tacks
- fasten or fix in place with tacks
"he used the tool to tack down sheets of fibreboard"
- fasten (pieces of cloth) together temporarily with long stitches
"when the dress was roughly tacked together, she tried it on"
- add or append something to something already existing
"the castles have new wings and other bits tacked on"
- change course by turning a boat's head into and through the wind
"their boat was now downwind and they had to tack"
- alter the course of (a boat) by tacking
"I tacked the ship shortly after midnight"
- make a series of changes of course while sailing
"but what happens when you have to tack up a narrow channel singlehanded?"