English noun: tack | |||
1. | tack (location) the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails | ||
Broader (hypernym) | aim, bearing, heading | ||
2. | tack (artifact) a short nail with a sharp point and a large head | ||
Broader (hypernym) | nail | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | carpet tack, drawing pin, pushpin, thumbtack, tintack | ||
3. | tack (artifact) gear for a horse | ||
Synonyms | saddlery, stable gear | ||
Broader (hypernym) | appurtenance, gear, paraphernalia | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bit, caparison, cinch, girth, hame, harness, headgear, horse blanket, housing, martingale, saddle blanket, saddlecloth, trapping, yoke | ||
4. | tack (artifact) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | ||
Synonyms | mainsheet, sheet, shroud, weather sheet | ||
Broader (hypernym) | line | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | futtock shroud | ||
Part meronym | ship | ||
Domain category | navigation, sailing, seafaring | ||
5. | tack (act) (nautical) the act of changing tack | ||
Synonyms | tacking | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change of course | ||
Domain category | navigation, sailing, seafaring | ||
6. | tack (act) sailing a zigzag course | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sailing | ||
English verb: tack | |||
1. | tack (contact) fasten with tacks | ||
Samples | Tack the notice on the board. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fasten, fix, secure | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | thumbtack | ||
2. | tack (motion) turn into the wind | ||
Samples | The sailors decided to tack the boat. The boat tacked. | ||
Synonyms | wear round | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sail | ||
Domain category | boat, navigation, pilotage, piloting | ||
3. | tack (creation) create by putting components or members together | ||
Samples | She pieced a quilt. He tacked together some verses. They set up a committee. | ||
Synonyms | assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack together | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bring together, create, join, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | comfit, compound, confect, confection, configure, confuse, jumble, mix up, reassemble, rig up | ||
Antonyms | break apart, disassemble, take apart, dismantle, break up | ||
4. | tack (contact) sew together loosely, with large stitches | ||
Samples | Baste a hem. | ||
Synonyms | baste | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | run up, sew, sew together, stitch | ||
5. | tack (contact) fix to; attach | ||
Samples | Append a charm to the necklace. | ||
Synonyms | append, hang on, tack on, tag on | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | attach | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | subjoin | ||
6. | tack (change) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | ||
Synonyms | alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, switch | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change by reversal, reverse, turn | ||