| VERB | contact | tack | fasten with tacks |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | tack, wear round | turn into the wind | |
| creation | tack, assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack together | create by putting components or members together | |
| contact | tack, baste | sew together loosely, with large stitches | |
| contact | tack, append, tag on, tack on, hang on | fix to | |
| change | tack, interchange, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | |
| NOUN | location | tack | the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails |
| artifact | tack | a short nail with a sharp point and a large head | |
| artifact | tack, stable gear, saddlery | gear for a horse | |
| artifact | 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 | |
| act | tack, tacking | (nautical) the act of changing tack | |
| act | tack | sailing a zigzag course |
| Sounds | tae'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | bearing, heading, aim | The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies |
| Verbs | tack | turn into the wind |
| Meaning | A short nail with a sharp point and a large head. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | carpet tack | Used to nail down carpets |
| thumbtack, drawing pin, pushpin | A tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board | |
| tintack | Tack or small nail of tinned iron | |
| Broader | nail | A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener |
| Spanish | tachuela | |
| Catalan | tatxa | |
| Verbs | tack | fasten with tacks |
| Meaning | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | sheet, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud | |
| Category | seafaring, navigation, sailing | The work of a sailor / sailor |
| Part of | ship | A vessel that carries passengers or freight |
| Narrower | futtock shroud | shroud that is part of a ship's rigging |
| Broader | line | Something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible |
| Spanish | obenque | |
| Verbs | tack | turn into the wind |
| Meaning | (nautical) the act of changing tack. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | tacking | |
| Category | seafaring, navigation, sailing | The work of a sailor / sailor |
| Broader | change of course | A change in the direction that you are moving |
| Spanish | virada | |
| Catalan | virada | |
| Verbs | tack | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) |
| Meaning | Sailing a zigzag course. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | sailing | riding in a sailboat |
| Spanish | ceñir | |
| Meaning | Fasten with tacks. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "tack the notice on the board" | |
| Narrower | thumbtack | Fasten with thumbtacks |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
| See also | tack on | fix to |
| Nouns | tack | a short nail with a sharp point and a large head |
| tacker | a hand-held machine for driving staples home | |
| tacker | a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches | |
| tacker | a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding) | |
| Meaning | Turn into the wind. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | wear round | |
| Category | boat | A small vessel for travel on water |
| navigation, pilotage, piloting | The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | |
| Broader | sail | Travel on water propelled by wind |
| Spanish | bordear | |
| Catalan | bordejar, vorejar | |
| Nouns | tack | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind |
| tack | the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails | |
| tacking | (nautical) the act of changing tack | |
| Meaning | Create by putting components or members together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "He tacked together some verses" | |
| Synonyms | assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack together | |
| Narrower | compound | create by mixing or combining |
| confect, confection, comfit | make into a confection | |
| configure | Set up for a particular purpose | |
| jumble, confuse, mix up | Assemble without order or sense | |
| reassemble | Assemble once again, after taking something apart | |
| rig up | Erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| make, create | make or cause to be or to become | |
| Opposite | disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart | take apart into its constituent pieces |
| Spanish | armar, concentrar, congregar, construir, ensamblar, juntar, montar | |
| Catalan | acoblar, ajuntar, armar, collar, concentrar, congregar, muntar | |
| Meaning | sew together loosely, with large stitches. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | baste | |
| Broader | sew, run up, sew together, stitch | Fasten by sewing |
| Spanish | embastar, hilvanar | |
| Catalan | embastar | |
| Nouns | tacker | a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches |
| Meaning | Fix to; attach. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonyms | append, tag on, tack on, hang on | |
| Narrower | subjoin | add to the end / end |
| Broader | attach | Cause to be attached |
| Spanish | adjuntar, agregar, añadir | |
| Catalan | adjuntar, afegir, agregar | |
| Meaning | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) . | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | interchange, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop | |
| Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse | change to the contrary |
| Spanish | alternar | |
| Catalan | alternar, canviar, intercanviar | |
| Nouns | tack | (nautical) the act of changing tack |
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