Tack

//tæk//

Synonyms for "tack" (356 found)

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Closest matches (72)

Strong matches (106)

cement change course change the bearing change the heading checker checkrein cheekpiece chinband chop chop and change cinch circuitousness clasp cleat clip collar combine come come about come around

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Verb(4 words)

change tack flip flip-flop hang on

Noun(1 words)

coming about

Related words (178)

heave round heel hinge hip straps hitch hook improve indirection instrument interchange jam jaquima jerk line jibe jibe all standing join joint kit lacing latch

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lee side line line of action lines lock magnetic bearing manner manner of working martingale means meliorate method methodology miss stays miter mitigate mo mode mode of operation mode of procedure modulate modus operandi mortise mutate nail noseband obliquity order outfit paste path peg pererration pin ply point pole strap practice procedure proceeding process put about put back rabbet rambling reins relative bearing revive ribbons rig rigging rivet rope ropework roping round a point routine saddle saddlery scarf screw secure sew sewing shaft tug sheer sheet shift shifting shifting course shifting path side check skew skewer slant slew snaffle snap solder stable gear staple stick stitch straying style surcingle sweep swerve swerving swing round swing the stern swinging system tack on tackle tag on take a turn tangent technique the drill the how the way of throw about tie toggle tone trappings trend true bearing tug turn turn aside turn back turn into turn the corner turning twist undergo a change unite variation vary vector veer veer off wandering warp way wear wear ship weather side wedge weld wind winker braces wise worsen yaw yoke zigzag zipper

Verb(11 words)

interchange piece put together set up switch tack on tack together tack up tack weld tag on wear round

Noun(7 words)

mainsheet saddlery sheet shroud stable gear tacking weather sheet

Related word relations

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16 relation types

More general

25 entries

aim appurtenance attach bearing change by reversal change of course create fasten fix gear heading join line make nail paraphernalia

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Antonyms

1 entries

wear

Synonyms

10 entries

append assemble baste change coming about drawing pin interchange sheet stable gear thumbtack

Related terms

5 entries

Blu-Tack tacky tick tack tick-tack tick-tack-toe

at location

10 entries

ass bulletin board bulliten board carpet cork cork board junk drawer message board shoe wall

capable of

2 entries

attach paper to bulletin board hold up piece of paper

coordinate

2 entries

pushpin sail close to the wind

derived

26 entries

Blu-Tack bartack change of tack coffin tack down tack false tack get down to brass tacks hardtack hold tack on the tack sharp as a tack short-tack sit on a tack switch tack tack about

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

techy

has context

10 entries

boat chemistry construction legal manufacturing nautical navigation scotland seafaring sewing

has property

1 entries

sharp

is a

11 entries

basic office connector bearing change of course connector device nail non agentive artifact sailing spiky thing tool turning

manner of

2 entries

fasten sail

receives action

1 entries

pushed into bulletin board

related to

71 entries

adhesive appendix billboard billboard pin bit blu tack board boards boom bow breastplate bridle bulletin bulletin boards close hauled cohesive

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used for

10 entries

attaching things together catch wind hanging up childs artwork hold things on wall holding paper to wall holding up posters pin things to surface pinning to board put notes on board putting up posters

Translations

172 translations across 36 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἡλάριον noun (small nail)

Bulgarian

4 entries

амуниция noun (any equipment worn by horse)
галс noun (nautical: maneuver)
кабър noun (small nail)
курс noun (nautical: course or heading)

Catalan

4 entries

embasta noun (loose seam)
gavarrot noun (small nail)
orientació noun (course of action)
rumb noun (nautical: course or heading)

Czech

1 entries

křižování noun (nautical: maneuver)

Danish

2 entries

kurs noun (course of action)
slå verb (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind)

Dutch

3 entries

kopspijker noun (small nail)
overstag gaan noun (nautical: maneuver)
overstag gaan verb (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind)

Esperanto

2 entries

halso noun (nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail)
najleto noun (small nail)

Finnish

4 entries

etukulma noun (nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail)
halssi noun (nautical: rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corner of the sail)
halssikulma noun (nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail)
harsinta noun (loose seam)

French

4 entries

adhérence noun (chemistry: stickiness)
cap noun (course of action)
clou semence noun (small nail)
harnachement noun (any equipment worn by horse)

Galician

1 entries

aparello noun (any equipment worn by horse)

German

4 entries

Am-Wind-Kurs noun (nautical: course or heading)
Hals noun (nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail)
Hals noun (nautical: rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corner of the sail)
Heftnaht noun (loose seam)

Greek

4 entries

πρόκα noun (small nail)
διαδρομώ verb (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind)
καρφώνω verb (to nail with tacks)
τρυπώνω verb (to stitch)

Gujarati

1 entries

ચૂંક noun (small nail)

Hebrew

3 entries

מכלב noun (loose seam)
נעץ noun (small nail)
פָּקַם verb (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind)

Hindi

1 entries

कील noun (small nail)

Hungarian

2 entries

lószerszám noun (any equipment worn by horse)
lavíroz verb (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind)

Ingrian

1 entries

venta noun (nautical: maneuver)

Italian

3 entries

bulletta noun (small nail)
chiodino noun (small nail)
puntina noun (small nail)

Japanese

1 entries

馬具 noun (any equipment worn by horse)

Korean

1 entries

택 noun (nautical: course or heading)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

gózdźik noun (small nail)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

fooschen verb (to stitch)

Māori

4 entries

pine noun (small nail)
take noun (nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail)
tui rangitahi noun (loose seam)
whakaripiripi noun (nautical: course or heading)

Norman

3 entries

couôrre verb (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind)
lôvier verb (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind)
vither verb (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

slå verb (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

لكنده noun (loose seam)
طاقمق verb (to nail with tacks)

Persian

1 entries

میخ noun (small nail)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Pligj noun (small nail)

Polish

4 entries

zwrot na wiatr noun (nautical: maneuver)
zwrot przez sztag noun (nautical: maneuver)
halsować verb (nautical: to sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks)
lawirować verb (nautical: to sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks)

Russian

4 entries

галс noun (nautical: course or heading)
галс noun (nautical: maneuver)
гво́здик noun (small nail)
кле́йкость noun (chemistry: stickiness)

Spanish

4 entries

curso noun (nautical: course or heading)
curso de acción noun (course of action)
hilván noun (loose seam)
mostacilla noun (small nail)

Swedish

4 entries

kurs noun (course of action)
nubb noun (small nail)
göra slag verb (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind)
nubba verb (to nail with tacks)

Tibetan

1 entries

གཟེར་ནག noun (small nail)

Turkish

1 entries

teyel noun (loose seam)

Walloon

4 entries

atelêye noun (any equipment worn by horse)
atelêyes noun (any equipment worn by horse)
haerna noun (any equipment worn by horse)
haernas noun (any equipment worn by horse)

Western Apache

1 entries

kee bił odalkalí noun (small nail)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Why don't you try a different tack?

Source: tatoeba (273253)

The mind always loves to tack on to something, and when it doesn't have anything good for that purpose, it turns to the evil.

Source: tatoeba (958839)

If a conversation is not going too well, try changing tack.

Source: tatoeba (3545856)

I may have to change tack.

Source: tatoeba (5343769)

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