tack
1. the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
• Hypernyms:
bearing, heading, aim
2. a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
• Hypernyms:
nail
• Hyponyms:
carpet tack, thumbtack, drawing pin, pushpin, tintack
3. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
• Syn:
sheet, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
• Topics:
seafaring, navigation, sailing
• Hypernyms:
line
• Hyponyms:
futtock shroud
• Part Holonyms:
ship
4. gear for a horse
• Syn:
stable gear, saddlery
• Derivationally related forms:
saddle (for: saddlery)
• Hypernyms:
gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance
• Hyponyms:
bit, caparison, trapping, housing, cinch,
girth, hame, harness, headgear, martingale, saddle blanket,
saddlecloth, horse blanket, yoke
5. (nautical) the act of changing tack
• Syn:
tacking
• Derivationally related forms:
tack (for: tacking)
• Topics:
seafaring, navigation, sailing
• Hypernyms:
change of course
6. sailing a zigzag course
• Hypernyms:
sailing
1. fasten with tacks (Freq. 3)
- tack the notice on the board
• See Also:
tack on
• Derivationally related forms:
tacker
• Hypernyms:
fasten, fix, secure
• Hyponyms:
thumbtack
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. turn into the wind (Freq. 1)
- The sailors decided to tack the boat
- The boat tacked
• Syn:
wear round
• Derivationally related forms:
tacking
• Topics:
boat, navigation, pilotage, piloting
• Hypernyms:
sail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. sew together loosely, with large stitches
- baste a hem
• Syn:
baste
• Derivationally related forms:
tacker, baste (for: baste)
• Hypernyms:
sew, run up, sew together, stitch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
4. create by putting components or members together
- She pieced a quilt
- He tacked together some verses
- They set up a committee
• Syn:
assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack together
• Ant:
disassemble (for: assemble)
• Derivationally related forms:
piece (for: piece), assemblage (for: assemble)
• Hypernyms:
join, bring together, make, create
• Hyponyms:
confect, confection, comfit, jumble, confuse,
mix up, reassemble, configure, compound, rig up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
5. fix to;
attach
- append a charm to the necklace
• Syn:
append, tag on, tack on, hang on
• Derivationally related forms:
appendage (for: append)
• Hypernyms:
attach
• Hyponyms:
subjoin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
6. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
• Syn:
interchange, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
• Derivationally related forms:
flip-flop (for: flip-flop), switch (for: switch)
• Hypernyms:
change by reversal, turn, reverse
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
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