"tack" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tæk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-tack.ogg Forms: tacks [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: From Middle English tak, takke (“hook; staple; nail”), from Old Northern French taque (“nail, pin, peg”), from Frankish *takkō, from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“tip; point; protrusion; prong; tine; jag; spike; twig”), of unknown origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dHgʰ-n-, from the root *déHgʰ- (“to pinch; to tear, rip, fray”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Takke (“bough; branch; twig”), West Frisian takke (“branch”), tûk (“branch, smart, sharp”), Dutch tak (“twig; branch; limb”), German Zacke (“jag; prong; spike; tooth; peak”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tak}} Middle English tak, {{der|en|fro-nor|-}} Old Northern French, {{der|en|frk|*takkō}} Frankish *takkō, {{der|en|gem-pro|*takkô|t=tip; point; protrusion; prong; tine; jag; spike; twig}} Proto-Germanic *takkô (“tip; point; protrusion; prong; tine; jag; spike; twig”), {{der|en|ine-pro||*dHgʰ-n-}} Proto-Indo-European *dHgʰ-n-, {{cog|stq|Takke||bough; branch; twig}} Saterland Frisian Takke (“bough; branch; twig”), {{cog|fy|takke||branch}} West Frisian takke (“branch”), {{cog|nl|tak||twig; branch; limb}} Dutch tak (“twig; branch; limb”), {{cog|de|Zacke||jag; prong; spike; tooth; peak}} German Zacke (“jag; prong; spike; tooth; peak”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tack (countable and uncountable, plural tacks)
  1. A small nail with a flat head. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (small nail): ἡλάριον (hēlárion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), gavarrot [masculine] (Catalan), tatxa [feminine] (Catalan), kopspijker [masculine] (Dutch), najleto (Esperanto), nupi (Finnish), petit clou [masculine] (French), clou semence (French), Stoßnadel [feminine, rare] (German), Pinnnadel [feminine] (German), Pinne [German, Northern, feminine] (German), Reißzwecke [feminine] (German), πρόκα (próka) [feminine] (Greek), ચૂંક (cū̃k) (Gujarati), נעץ (náats) [masculine] (Hebrew), कील (kīl) (Hindi), bulletta [feminine] (Italian), chiodino [masculine] (Italian), puntina [feminine] (Italian), gózdźik [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), pine (Maori), میخ (Persian), Pligj [feminine] (Plautdietsch), кно́пка (knópka) [feminine] (Russian), гво́здик (gvózdik) (alt: с широ́кой шля́пкой) [masculine] (Russian), клёпка (kljópka) [feminine] (Russian), tachuela [feminine] (Spanish), nubb (Swedish), གཟེར་ནག (gzer nag) (Tibetan), kee bił odalkalí (Western Apache)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:small_nail_with_a_flat_head Disambiguation of 'small nail': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. A thumbtack. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:thumbtack
  3. (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sewing Translations (loose seam): тропоска (troposka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), embasta [feminine] (Catalan), harsinta (Finnish), Heftnaht [feminine] (German), מכלב (Hebrew), tui rangitahi (Maori), стежо́к (stežók) [masculine] (Russian), намётка (namjótka) (english: basting) [feminine] (Russian), hilván [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:loose_temporary_seam Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles Disambiguation of 'loose seam': 1 3 56 6 6 3 4 4 4 1 6 2 4 1
  4. (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail): halso (Esperanto), etukulma (Finnish), halssikulma (Finnish), Hals [masculine] (German), take (Maori)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:corner_of_sail Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail': 1 1 5 54 4 3 4 4 13 1 6 1 2 1
  5. (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (nautical: course or heading): курс (kurs) [masculine] (Bulgarian), rumb [masculine] (Catalan), luovi (Finnish), Am-Wind-Kurs [masculine] (German), (taek) (Korean), whakaripiripi (Maori), галс (gals) [masculine] (Russian), rumbo [masculine] (Spanish), curso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:heading_enabling_upwind_sailing Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical: course or heading': 4 2 8 5 46 7 4 4 7 4 4 2 2 1
  6. (figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (course of action): rumb [masculine] (Catalan), orientació [masculine] (Catalan), kurs [common-gender] (Danish), kurssi (Finnish), suunta (Finnish), cap [masculine] (French), Vorgehensweise [feminine] (German), Verfahrensweise [feminine] (German), Marschroute [feminine] (German), Kurs [masculine] (German), курс (kurs) [masculine] (Russian), curso de acción [masculine] (Spanish), kurs (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:direction__course_of_action__method__or_approach Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lower Sorbian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tibetan translations, Terms with Walloon translations, Terms with Western Apache translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 2 2 2 5 14 4 1 7 4 5 0 2 0 1 3 1 9 7 1 1 3 1 2 2 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 2 2 1 4 28 3 2 6 4 3 1 2 1 7 2 2 3 2 2 3 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 1 1 1 4 12 3 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 8 7 1 1 2 1 1 2 12 10 0 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 1 1 1 4 14 3 1 6 4 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 10 0 0 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 8 3 7 8 9 20 8 5 9 5 9 3 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 2 4 2 4 17 4 2 6 4 4 3 3 3 6 4 2 3 2 2 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 2 3 2 5 18 4 2 6 4 4 3 2 3 6 3 1 3 2 2 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 3 7 4 7 25 6 3 9 5 8 4 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 7 2 2 1 4 26 4 2 7 4 4 2 2 2 6 2 1 2 1 2 2 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 7 3 3 2 4 17 3 2 6 4 4 2 3 1 7 2 2 3 2 3 4 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 12 3 3 3 8 32 6 3 10 6 6 2 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 2 3 2 5 21 4 2 6 4 4 3 2 3 6 3 1 3 2 2 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 2 3 1 4 20 3 2 6 4 4 3 3 1 6 3 2 3 2 3 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 10 3 5 3 7 27 6 4 10 6 6 5 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 2 3 2 4 22 4 2 7 4 4 2 3 1 6 2 2 3 2 2 3 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 2 4 5 3 15 3 2 5 3 7 2 4 1 6 3 2 3 2 2 6 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Gujarati translations: 10 3 5 3 7 26 6 3 9 6 6 6 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 6 2 4 2 4 17 4 2 6 4 4 3 2 3 6 4 2 3 2 2 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 11 3 5 4 7 29 7 3 10 6 8 2 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 1 4 6 4 16 4 2 5 3 7 3 3 4 5 3 1 3 1 2 5 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 12 3 4 2 7 31 6 4 10 7 6 3 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 3 4 2 7 33 6 4 10 7 6 2 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 10 3 5 3 7 27 6 4 10 6 6 5 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 12 2 3 8 7 28 6 3 14 6 6 2 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 2 3 2 5 18 4 2 6 4 4 3 2 3 6 3 1 3 2 2 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 9 5 4 4 7 24 6 4 11 5 5 4 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 11 2 2 2 6 45 5 3 8 5 5 2 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 3 6 3 8 29 6 4 10 6 5 5 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 2 2 1 4 21 4 2 6 4 4 2 2 1 7 2 2 3 2 2 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 2 2 2 4 21 4 2 7 4 4 1 2 1 7 2 2 3 2 2 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 2 3 2 5 18 4 2 6 4 4 3 2 3 6 3 1 3 2 2 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 11 3 5 3 7 28 6 3 10 6 6 5 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 11 3 5 3 6 27 5 4 10 6 6 5 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Western Apache translations: 9 3 5 7 7 22 7 3 8 5 9 3 5 5 Disambiguation of 'course of action': 8 1 0 1 4 69 2 1 5 4 3 0 1 1
  7. (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms (nautical maneuver): coming about Translations (nautical: maneuver): галс (gals) [masculine] (Bulgarian), křižování [neuter] (Czech), vastakäännös (Finnish), venda (Finnish), virement lof pour lof [masculine] (French), Wende [feminine] (German), Wendemanöver [neuter] (German), venta (Ingrian), zwrot przez sztag [masculine] (Polish), zwrot na wiatr [masculine] (Polish), галс (gals) [masculine] (Russian), virar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:maneuver_to_change_heading_of_vessel Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical maneuver': 1 3 6 6 7 13 33 11 7 1 2 2 3 1 Disambiguation of 'nautical: maneuver': 1 3 6 6 7 13 33 11 7 1 2 2 3 1
  8. (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:board_when_working_to_windward Topics: nautical, transport
  9. (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (nautical: rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corner of the sail): halssi (Finnish), écoute [feminine] (French), Hals [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:rope_to_pull_corner_of_sail Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical: rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corner of the sail': 0 3 25 5 2 0 2 2 56 2 0 1 1 0
  10. Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (any equipment worn by horse): valjaat (english: draft) (Finnish), satulointi (english: riding) (Finnish), harnais [masculine] (French), harnachement [masculine] (French), aparello [masculine] (Galician), Lederzeug [neuter] (German), Sattel- und Zaumzeug [neuter] (German), lószerszám (Hungarian), сбру́я (sbrúja) [feminine] (Russian), haernaxhmint [masculine] (Walloon), haerna [masculine] (Walloon), haernas [masculine, plural, singular] (Walloon), atelêye [feminine] (Walloon), atelêyes [feminine, plural, singular] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:horse_equipment Disambiguation of 'any equipment worn by horse': 6 2 3 3 6 10 3 4 8 46 3 2 4 1
  11. (manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Construction, Manufacturing Translations (chemistry: stickiness): лепливост (leplivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tahmeus (Finnish), adhérence [feminine] (French), pégosité [feminine] (French), Klebrigkeit [feminine] (German), кле́йкость (kléjkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ли́пкость (lípkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:stickiness_of_a_material Topics: business, chemistry, construction, manufacturing, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry: stickiness': 3 2 7 7 4 5 5 3 2 1 51 2 3 5
  12. Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:food__especially_bread_or_breadlike_food
  13. That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:something_attached__such_as_an_appendix
  14. (obsolete) Confidence; reliance. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:confidence_or_reliance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tache

Noun

IPA: /tæk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-tack.ogg Forms: tacks [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: From an old or dialectal form of French tache. See techy. Doublet of tache. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|tache}} French tache, {{doublet|en|tache#Etymology 2}} Doublet of tache Head templates: {{en-noun}} tack (plural tacks)
  1. A stain; a tache.
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-zGTVk0Xv
  2. (obsolete) A peculiar flavour or taint. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-VMe0vu3q Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /tæk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-tack.ogg
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: Back-formation from tacky. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|tacky}} Back-formation from tacky Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tack (uncountable)
  1. (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy. Tags: colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-B2oTv4HH Categories (other): English back-formations
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Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /tæk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-tack.ogg Forms: tacks [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: From Middle English tak, take (“fee, tax (on livestock)”), from Old Norse tak, taka (“a taking, seizure; revenue”), from Old Norse taka (“to take”). Cognate with Scots tack. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=touch}}, {{inh|en|enm|tak}} Middle English tak, {{der|en|non|tak}} Old Norse tak, {{der|en|non|taka|t=to take}} Old Norse taka (“to take”), {{cog|sco|tack}} Scots tack Head templates: {{en-noun}} tack (plural tacks)
  1. (law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland Categories (topical): Law Related terms: tick tack, tick-tack, tick-tack-toe
    Sense id: en-tack-en-noun-en:contract Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

IPA: /tæk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-tack.ogg Forms: tacks [present, singular, third-person], tacking [participle, present], tacked [participle, past], tacked [past]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: From Middle English takken (“to attach; nail”), from the noun (see above). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|takken|t=to attach; nail}} Middle English takken (“to attach; nail”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tack (third-person singular simple present tacks, present participle tacking, simple past and past participle tacked)
  1. (transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head). Tags: transitive Translations (to nail with tacks): закачам (zakačam) (Bulgarian), закрепвам (zakrepvam) (Bulgarian), kiinnittää nupeilla (Finnish), clouer (French), heften (German), anzwecken (German), anpinnen (German), καρφώνω (karfóno) (Greek), طاقمق (takmak) (Ottoman Turkish), прикрепля́ть (prikrepljátʹ) (alt: гво́здиками, кно́пками, клёпками) (Russian), sujetar con tachuelas (Spanish), nubba (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-verb-en:nail_with_a_tack Disambiguation of 'to nail with tacks': 39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10
  2. To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth). Translations (to stitch): тропосвам (troposvam) (Bulgarian), embastar (Catalan), harsia (Finnish), kursia (Finnish), heften (German), τρυπώνω (trypóno) (Greek), fooschen (Luxembourgish), pūnotinoti (Maori)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-verb-en:sew Disambiguation of 'to stitch': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding. Synonyms: tack weld#Verb
    Sense id: en-tack-en-verb-en:weld
  4. (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: change tack Translations (nautical: to turn the bow through the wind): сменям галса (smenjam galsa) (Bulgarian), slå (Danish), overstag gaan (Dutch), luovia (Finnish), tehdä vastakäännös (Finnish), tehdä venda (Finnish), vendata (Finnish), louvoyer (French), virer de bord (French), wenden (German), διαδρομώ (diadromó) (Greek), פָּקַם (pakām) [masculine] (Hebrew), lavíroz (Hungarian), whakaripi (Maori), waihape (Maori), whakaripiripi (note: to do this action repeatedly) (Maori), couôrre [Jersey] (Norman), lôvier [Jersey] (Norman), vither [Jersey] (Norman), slå (Norwegian Bokmål), лави́ровать (lavírovatʹ) (Russian), voltejear (Spanish), göra slag (Swedish), vända genom vinden (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-verb-en:turn_through_the_wind_while_sailing Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical: to turn the bow through the wind': 0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0
  5. (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: beat
    Sense id: en-tack-en-verb-en:sail_to_windward_using_alternating_turns Topics: nautical, transport
  6. To add something as an extra item. Translations (to add onto, to tack one thing onto another): добавям (dobavjam) (Bulgarian), liittää kylkiäiseksi (Finnish), empiler (French), anhängen (German), agregar (Spanish), añadir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-verb-en:add__as_in_adding_on Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'to add onto, to tack one thing onto another': 0 8 4 16 5 62 4 0
  7. Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”). Synonyms: tack up [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (to tack up a horse): valjastaa (note: for draft animal) (Finnish), satuloida (note: for riding) (Finnish), aufzäumen (German), aufsatteln (German)
    Sense id: en-tack-en-verb-9pai9FHt Disambiguation of 'to tack up a horse': 0 3 2 2 1 2 84 6
  8. (slang, obsolete) To join in wedlock. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-tack-en-verb-huV3jP8I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 2 2 2 5 14 4 1 7 4 5 0 2 0 1 3 1 9 7 1 1 3 1 2 2 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 1 1 1 4 12 3 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 8 7 1 1 2 1 1 2 12 10 0 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 1 1 1 4 14 3 1 6 4 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 10 0 0 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 2 4 2 4 17 4 2 6 4 4 3 3 3 6 4 2 3 2 2 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 2 3 2 5 18 4 2 6 4 4 3 2 3 6 3 1 3 2 2 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 7 3 3 2 4 17 3 2 6 4 4 2 3 1 7 2 2 3 2 3 4 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 6 2 4 2 4 17 4 2 6 4 4 3 2 3 6 4 2 3 2 2 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 2 3 2 5 18 4 2 6 4 4 3 2 3 6 3 1 3 2 2 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 2 3 2 5 18 4 2 6 4 4 3 2 3 6 3 1 3 2 2 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 18 6 4 10 5 6 8 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 15 9 4 11 8 7 8 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 16 8 4 10 5 6 9 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 13 14 6 10 6 5 7 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: short-tack, tack about, tack down, tack together, tack up Related terms: tacky, Blu-Tack
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "change of tack"
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      "word": "coffin tack"
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      "word": "down tack"
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      "word": "hold tack"
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      "word": "on the tack"
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      "word": "sharp as a tack"
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      "word": "switch tack"
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      "word": "tack claw"
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      "word": "tack lifter"
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      "word": "tack room"
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      "word": "tie tack"
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          "text": "The laminate adhesive has very aggressive tack and is hard to move once in place.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1959, E. A. Apps, Printing Ink Technology, page 415:",
          "text": "Letterpress and offset gloss varnishes normally have viscosities varying from 50 to 250 poises; they must stain the paper as little as possible, have insufficient tack to cause plucking, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties."
      ],
      "id": "en-tack-en-noun-en:stickiness_of_a_material",
      "links": [
        [
          "manufacturing",
          "manufacturing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ],
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "stickiness",
          "stickiness"
        ],
        [
          "cohesive",
          "cohesive"
        ],
        [
          "adhesive",
          "adhesive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:stickiness of a material"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "chemistry",
        "construction",
        "manufacturing",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 7 4 5 5 3 2 1 51 2 3 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "leplivost",
          "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лепливост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 7 4 5 5 3 2 1 51 2 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
          "word": "tahmeus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 7 4 5 5 3 2 1 51 2 3 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "adhérence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 7 4 5 5 3 2 1 51 2 3 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pégosité"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 7 4 5 5 3 2 1 51 2 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Klebrigkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 7 4 5 5 3 2 1 51 2 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kléjkostʹ",
          "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кле́йкость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 7 4 5 5 3 2 1 51 2 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lípkostʹ",
          "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ли́пкость"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "hardtack",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "soft tack",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "But if a woman's got nothing but her fair fame to feed on, why, it's thin tack, and a donkey would die of it!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind."
      ],
      "id": "en-tack-en-noun-en:food__especially_bread_or_breadlike_food",
      "links": [
        [
          "bread",
          "bread"
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      "senseid": [
        "en:food, especially bread or breadlike food"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Some tacks had been made to money bills in King Charles's time.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:",
          "text": "pay all taxes and subscribe tacks",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix."
      ],
      "id": "en-tack-en-noun-en:something_attached__such_as_an_appendix",
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        [
          "supplement",
          "supplement"
        ],
        [
          "appendix",
          "appendix"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:something attached, such as an appendix"
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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          "ref": "1651-1666, Joseph Caryl, Exposition of Job with Practical Observations:",
          "text": "He should find[…]that there was tack in it, that it was solid silver, or silver that had strength in it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Confidence; reliance."
      ],
      "id": "en-tack-en-noun-en:confidence_or_reliance",
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        "(obsolete) Confidence; reliance."
      ],
      "senseid": [
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      ],
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        "countable",
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    }
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    "tack"
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}

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      "word": "short-tack"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tack about"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tack down"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tack together"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tack up"
    }
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      "form": "tacks",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "Blu-Tack"
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        "To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head)."
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        "(transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head)."
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      "senseid": [
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          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
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          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "закачам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zakrepvam",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "закрепвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "kiinnittää nupeilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "clouer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "heften"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "anzwecken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "anpinnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "καρφώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "takmak",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "طاقمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prikrepljátʹ",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "прикрепля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "sujetar con tachuelas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 10 3 5 17 4 11 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "nubba"
        }
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          "roman": "troposvam",
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          "word": "тропосвам"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to stitch",
          "word": "embastar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to stitch",
          "word": "harsia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to stitch",
          "word": "kursia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to stitch",
          "word": "heften"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "trypóno",
          "sense": "to stitch",
          "word": "τρυπώνω"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to stitch",
          "word": "fooschen"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "to stitch",
          "word": "pūnotinoti"
        }
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        "en:weld"
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          "word": "tack weld#Verb"
        }
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          "word": "wear"
        }
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          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
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          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: sail close to the wind"
        }
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        "To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other."
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      "id": "en-tack-en-verb-en:turn_through_the_wind_while_sailing",
      "links": [
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          "nautical"
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        [
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          "maneuver"
        ]
      ],
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        "(nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:turn through the wind while sailing"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "change tack"
        }
      ],
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        "transport"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "smenjam galsa",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "сменям галса"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "slå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "overstag gaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "luovia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "tehdä vastakäännös"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "tehdä venda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "vendata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "louvoyer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "virer de bord"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "wenden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diadromó",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "διαδρομώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "pakām",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פָּקַם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "lavíroz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "whakaripi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "waihape"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "to do this action repeatedly",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "whakaripiripi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey"
          ],
          "word": "couôrre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey"
          ],
          "word": "lôvier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey"
          ],
          "word": "vither"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "slå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lavírovatʹ",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "лави́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "voltejear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "göra slag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 0 70 27 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "vända genom vinden"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "run"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
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        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ],
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          "windward",
          "windward"
        ],
        [
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          "series"
        ],
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          "alternate"
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          "wind",
          "wind"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:sail to windward using alternating turns"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "beat"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        }
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        {
          "text": "to tack (something) onto (something)",
          "type": "example"
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        "A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth."
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        "(sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth."
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        "The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind."
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        [
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        "(nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind."
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        "en:corner of sail"
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        "countable",
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        "A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind."
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        [
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          "nautical"
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        "(nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind."
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        "en:heading enabling upwind sailing"
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        "countable",
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "ref": "1612, Michael Drayton, chapter 11, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, published 1613, →OCLC:",
          "text": "So stoutly held to tack by those near North-wales men;",
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          "ref": "1922 February, James Joyce, “[V]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Maud Gonne’s letter about taking them off O’Connell street at night: disgrace to our Irish capital. Griffith’s paper is on the same tack now: an army rotten with venereal disease: overseas or halfseasover empire.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 637:",
          "text": "I thought that my refusing Barnard would alienate Botha, and decided that such a tack was too risky.",
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        {
          "ref": "2016 June 19, Mary Dejevsky, “Isolating Russia isn’t working. The west needs a new approach”, in The Guardian:",
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        "A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem."
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        "(figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem."
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        "The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other."
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        "(nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other."
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        "en:maneuver to change heading of vessel"
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board."
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          "nautical"
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        "(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board."
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        "en:board when working to windward"
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        "A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom."
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        "(nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom."
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        "en:Construction",
        "en:Manufacturing"
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          "text": "The laminate adhesive has very aggressive tack and is hard to move once in place.",
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          "ref": "1959, E. A. Apps, Printing Ink Technology, page 415:",
          "text": "Letterpress and offset gloss varnishes normally have viscosities varying from 50 to 250 poises; they must stain the paper as little as possible, have insufficient tack to cause plucking, […]",
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        "(manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties."
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        "uncountable"
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        "construction",
        "manufacturing",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
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    {
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      ],
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          "text": "hardtack",
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        },
        {
          "text": "soft tack",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "But if a woman's got nothing but her fair fame to feed on, why, it's thin tack, and a donkey would die of it!",
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      "senseid": [
        "en:food, especially bread or breadlike food"
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Some tacks had been made to money bills in King Charles's time.",
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        {
          "ref": "1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:",
          "text": "pay all taxes and subscribe tacks",
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        "That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix."
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          "appendix"
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        "en:something attached, such as an appendix"
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1651-1666, Joseph Caryl, Exposition of Job with Practical Observations:",
          "text": "He should find[…]that there was tack in it, that it was solid silver, or silver that had strength in it.",
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        "Confidence; reliance."
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        "(obsolete) Confidence; reliance."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/tæk/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "sense": "nautical maneuver",
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    {
      "word": "tache"
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      "code": "apw",
      "lang": "Western Apache",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "kee bił odalkalí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gavarrot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tatxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kopspijker"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "najleto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "nupi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "petit clou"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "clou semence"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Stoßnadel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pinnnadel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
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        "Northern",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Reißzwecke"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "próka",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πρόκα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hēlárion",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἡλάριον"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "cū̃k",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "ચૂંક"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "náats",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נעץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kīl",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "कील"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bulletta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chiodino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "puntina"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "pine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "میخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pligj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "knópka",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кно́пка"
    },
    {
      "alt": "с широ́кой шля́пкой",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gvózdik",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гво́здик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kljópka",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клёпка"
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    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gózdźik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tachuela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "nubb"
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    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "gzer nag",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "གཟེར་ནག"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "troposka",
      "sense": "loose seam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тропоска"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "loose seam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "embasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "loose seam",
      "word": "harsinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "loose seam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Heftnaht"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "loose seam",
      "word": "מכלב"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "loose seam",
      "word": "tui rangitahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stežók",
      "sense": "loose seam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стежо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "basting",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "namjótka",
      "sense": "loose seam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "намётка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "loose seam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hilván"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail",
      "word": "halso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail",
      "word": "halssikulma"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hals"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "nautical: lower corner of the leading edge of a sail",
      "word": "take"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kurs",
      "sense": "nautical: course or heading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "курс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "nautical: course or heading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rumb"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: course or heading",
      "word": "luovi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nautical: course or heading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Am-Wind-Kurs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "taek",
      "sense": "nautical: course or heading",
      "word": "택"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "nautical: course or heading",
      "word": "whakaripiripi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gals",
      "sense": "nautical: course or heading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "галс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nautical: course or heading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rumbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nautical: course or heading",
      "word": "curso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rumb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "orientació"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kurs"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "word": "kurssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "word": "suunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cap"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorgehensweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verfahrensweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Marschroute"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kurs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kurs",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "курс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "curso de acción"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "word": "kurs"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gals",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "галс"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "křižování"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "word": "vastakäännös"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "word": "venda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "virement lof pour lof"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wende"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wendemanöver"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "word": "venta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zwrot przez sztag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zwrot na wiatr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gals",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "галс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
      "word": "virar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corner of the sail",
      "word": "halssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nautical: rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corner of the sail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "écoute"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nautical: rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corner of the sail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hals"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "draft",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "word": "valjaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "riding",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "word": "satulointi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "harnais"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "harnachement"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aparello"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lederzeug"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sattel- und Zaumzeug"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "word": "lószerszám"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sbrúja",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сбру́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haernaxhmint"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haerna"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "haernas"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "atelêye"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "atelêyes"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "leplivost",
      "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лепливост"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
      "word": "tahmeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adhérence"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pégosité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klebrigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kléjkostʹ",
      "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кле́йкость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lípkostʹ",
      "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ли́пкость"
    }
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    "tack"
  ],
  "word": "tack"
}

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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
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    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Luxembourgish translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    {
      "word": "short-tack"
    },
    {
      "word": "tack about"
    },
    {
      "word": "tack down"
    },
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      "word": "tack together"
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      "word": "tack up"
    }
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        "present",
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        "To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head)."
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        "(transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head)."
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        "To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth)."
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          "word": "wear"
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: sail close to the wind"
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        "To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other."
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          "nautical"
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        "(nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other."
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        "en:turn through the wind while sailing"
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        {
          "word": "change tack"
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
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          "word": "run"
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        "To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind."
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        "(intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind."
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        {
          "word": "beat"
        }
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        "intransitive"
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
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          "text": "to tack (something) onto (something)",
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          "ref": "2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 312:",
          "text": "In short, they tend to present Indian English as nothing more than \"standard\" English with a select collection of lexical peculiarities tacked on, as it were, many of which would be regarded as \"errors\" by prescriptivist language scholars.",
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        "To add something as an extra item."
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        "en:add, as in adding on"
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        "Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”)."
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        "To join in wedlock."
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          "wedlock"
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        "(slang, obsolete) To join in wedlock."
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        "slang"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zakačam",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "закачам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zakrepvam",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "закрепвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "kiinnittää nupeilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "clouer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "heften"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "anzwecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "anpinnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "karfóno",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "καρφώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "takmak",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "طاقمق"
    },
    {
      "alt": "гво́здиками, кно́пками, клёпками",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prikrepljátʹ",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "прикрепля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "sujetar con tachuelas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to nail with tacks",
      "word": "nubba"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "troposvam",
      "sense": "to stitch",
      "word": "тропосвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to stitch",
      "word": "embastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stitch",
      "word": "harsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stitch",
      "word": "kursia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stitch",
      "word": "heften"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "trypóno",
      "sense": "to stitch",
      "word": "τρυπώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to stitch",
      "word": "fooschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stitch",
      "word": "pūnotinoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smenjam galsa",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "сменям галса"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "slå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "overstag gaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "luovia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "tehdä vastakäännös"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "tehdä venda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "vendata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "louvoyer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "virer de bord"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "wenden"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diadromó",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "διαδρομώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pakām",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פָּקַם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "lavíroz"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "whakaripi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "waihape"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "to do this action repeatedly",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "whakaripiripi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "couôrre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "vända genom vinden"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to add onto, to tack one thing onto another",
      "word": "liittää kylkiäiseksi"
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      "sense": "to add onto, to tack one thing onto another",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "for draft animal",
      "sense": "to tack up a horse",
      "word": "valjastaa"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "for riding",
      "sense": "to tack up a horse",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to tack up a horse",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to tack up a horse",
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