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tacked
We have found lemma(root) word of tacked : tack.
Definitions
[tak], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a small, sharp broad-headed nail
(e.g: tacks held the remaining rags of carpet to the floor)
- a long stitch used to fasten fabrics together temporarily, prior to permanent sewing
- a method of dealing with a situation or problem; a course of action or policy
(e.g: as she could not stop him going she tried another tack and insisted on going with him)
- an act of changing course by turning a boat's head into and through the wind, so as to bring the wind on the opposite side
- a rope for securing the corner of certain sails
- the quality of being sticky
(e.g: cooking the sugar to caramel gives tack to the texture)
Phrases:
- on the port tack
- on the starboard tack
Origin
:
Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that fastens one thing to another’): probably related to Old French tache ‘clasp, large nail’
[tak], (Verb)
Definitions:
- fasten or fix in place with tacks
(e.g: he used the tool to tack down sheets of fibreboard)
- change course by turning a boat's head into and through the wind
(e.g: their boat was now downwind and they had to tack)
Phrases:
- on the port tack
- on the starboard tack
Origin
:
Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that fastens one thing to another’): probably related to Old French tache ‘clasp, large nail’
[tak], (Noun)
Definitions:
- equipment used in horse riding, including the saddle and bridle
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 18th century (originally dialect in the general sense ‘apparatus, equipment’): contraction of tackle. The current sense dates from the 1920s
[tak], (Noun)
Definitions:
- cheap, shoddy, or tasteless material
(e.g: this pop will never trivialize itself and be described as cheap tack)
Phrases:
Origin
:
1980s: back-formation from tacky
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