3. (noun)stable gear, saddlery, tack gear for a horse
4. (noun)sheet, tack, 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
5. (noun)tack, tacking (nautical) the act of changing tack
7. (verb)tack fasten with tacks "tack the notice on the board"
8. (verb)tack, wear round turn into the wind "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"
9. (verb)assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together create by putting components or members together "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
10. (verb)baste, tack sew together loosely, with large stitches "baste a hem"
11. (verb)append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on fix to; attach "append a charm to the necklace"
12. (verb)interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
1. (verb)tack to attach sth onto sth with a tack a notice tacked onto the bulletin board
2. (noun)tack a shortnail or a strong pin with a flat top advertisements attached to the wall with tacks
3. tack a way of doing sth; = method The second time, we took a different tack.
Definition of 'tack'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)tack a stain; a tache
2. (noun)tack a peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack
3. (noun)tack a small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flathead
4. (noun)tack that which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3
5. (verb)tack a rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lowercorner of a studding sail to the boom
6. (verb)tack the part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lowercorner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail)
11. (verb)tack especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder
12. (verb)tack in parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to