tack
tak
- n the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- n a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- n gear for a horse
- n (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- n (nautical) the act of changing tack
- n sailing a zigzag course
- v fasten with tacks
tack the notice on the board - v turn into the wind
The sailors decided to tack the boat
The boat tacked - v create by putting components or members together
He tacked together some verses - v sew together loosely, with large stitches
- v fix to; attach
- v reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- But the Duke researchers took the opposite tack: figuring out precisely how to switch the virus from latency to its active stage.
- Should the subject answer no, the cold reader will often say, "Well, we'll get back to that," and quickly change tack.
- It has become trendy to tack poems, photos, icons, logos and other digital flotsam and jetsam onto e-mail messages.