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Definition of tack verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tack

verb
 
/tæk/
 
/tæk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tack
 
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he / she / it tacks
 
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past simple tacked
 
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past participle tacked
 
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-ing form tacking
 
/ˈtækɪŋ/
 
/ˈtækɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [transitive] tack something + adv./prep. to fasten something in place with a tack or tacks synonym nail
    • The carpet was tacked to the floor.
    Extra Examples
    • A poster was tacked to the wall with drawing pins.
    • He tacked the carpet down.
  2. [transitive] tack something (+ adv./prep.) to fasten pieces of cloth together temporarily with long, loose stitches before sewing them finally
    • She tacked the sleeve of the blouse into the armhole.
    Extra Examples
    • She tacked the hem up and then tried the dress on.
    • She tacked the ribbon onto the shirt.
    • The skirt was roughly tacked together.
  3. [intransitive] (specialist) to change the direction of a sailing boat by turning the front of the boat into and through the wind, so that the wind blows onto the sails from the opposite side; to do this several times in order to travel in the direction that the wind is coming from compare gybe
  4. Word Originverb Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that fastens one thing to another’): probably related to Old French tache ‘clasp, large nail’.
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