"tack" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tæk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-tack.ogg [US] 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, {{m|enm|takke||hook; staple; nail}} takke (“hook; staple; nail”), {{der|en|fro-nor|-}} Old Northern French, {{m|fro|taque||nail, pin, peg}} taque (“nail, pin, peg”), {{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-, {{m|ine-pro|*déHgʰ-||to pinch; to tear, rip, fray}} *déHgʰ- (“to pinch; to tear, rip, fray”), {{cog|stq|Takke||bough; branch; twig}} Saterland Frisian Takke (“bough; branch; twig”), {{cog|fy|takke||branch}} West Frisian takke (“branch”), {{m|fy|tûk||branch, smart, sharp}} tûk (“branch, smart, sharp”), {{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), 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), 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': 3 1 5 45 6 7 5 5 13 2 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': 6 2 8 6 36 11 5 5 9 5 4 1 1 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 2 5 3 5 12 3 2 6 3 5 0 1 0 1 3 1 8 7 3 3 2 2 2 11 Disambiguation of 'course of action': 8 1 3 2 5 62 4 2 5 5 3 0 0 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), 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': 5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1 Disambiguation of 'nautical: maneuver': 5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 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': 1 3 24 5 3 2 2 3 52 3 1 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': 5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 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 4 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 [US] 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, {{m|en|techy}} techy, {{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 [US]
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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /tæk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-tack.ogg [US] 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, {{m|enm|take||fee, tax (on livestock)}} take (“fee, tax (on livestock)”), {{der|en|non|tak}} Old Norse tak, {{m|non|taka|t=a taking, seizure; revenue}} taka (“a taking, seizure; revenue”), {{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 [US] 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. To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head). 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-54uhOMw0 Disambiguation of 'to nail with tacks': 42 10 5 17 4 12 11
  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
  3. (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-SeWZoZKM Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical: to turn the bow through the wind': 8 6 49 23 1 0 13
  4. (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-83vdLP~W Topics: nautical, transport
  5. 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 17 5 65 4 0
  6. 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 4 2 1 2 85 6
  7. (slang, obsolete) To join in wedlock. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-tack-en-verb-huV3jP8I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 2 5 3 5 12 3 2 6 3 5 0 1 0 1 3 1 8 7 3 3 2 2 2 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: short-tack, tack about, tack down, 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": "false tack"
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      "word": "hardtack"
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      "word": "hold tack"
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      "word": "on the tack"
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      "word": "switch tack"
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      "word": "tack weld"
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      "word": "tie tack"
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          "ref": "2012 July 15, Richard Williams, “Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot put Bradley Wiggins off track”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "A tough test for even the strongest climber, it was new to the Tour de France this year, but its debut will be remembered for the wrong reasons after one of those spectators scattered carpet tacks on the road and induced around 30 punctures among the group of riders including Bradley Wiggins, the Tour's overall leader, and his chief rivals.",
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          "sense": "small nail",
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          "_dis1": "5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
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          "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "галс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1",
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          "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "křižování"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
          "word": "vastakäännös"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
          "word": "venda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "virement lof pour lof"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Wende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Wendemanöver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zwrot na wiatr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gals",
          "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "галс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 6 7 9 15 24 10 10 3 3 2 2 1",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "nautical: maneuver",
          "word": "virar"
        }
      ]
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board."
      ],
      "id": "en-tack-en-noun-en:board_when_working_to_windward",
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        ],
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          "board"
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        "(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:board when working to windward"
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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      ]
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    {
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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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      "id": "en-tack-en-noun-en:rope_to_pull_corner_of_sail",
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        [
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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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      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 24 5 3 2 2 3 52 3 1 1 1 0",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "nautical: rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corner of the sail",
          "word": "halssi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 24 5 3 2 2 3 52 3 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "nautical: rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corner of the sail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "écoute"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 24 5 3 2 2 3 52 3 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nautical: rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corner of the sail",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Hals"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals."
      ],
      "id": "en-tack-en-noun-en:horse_equipment",
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        [
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          "equipment"
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          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
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      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
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          "english": "draft",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "word": "valjaat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "riding",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "word": "satulointi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "harnais"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "harnachement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aparello"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Lederzeug"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Sattel- und Zaumzeug"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "word": "lószerszám"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sbrúja",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сбру́я"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "haernaxhmint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "haerna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural",
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "haernas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "atelêye"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 5 5 5 8 3 4 8 47 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "any equipment worn by horse",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural",
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "atelêyes"
        }
      ]
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Chemistry",
          "orig": "en:Chemistry",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Construction",
          "orig": "en:Construction",
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            "Engineering",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Technology",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Manufacturing",
          "orig": "en:Manufacturing",
          "parents": [
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            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        {
          "text": "The laminate adhesive has very aggressive tack and is hard to move once in place.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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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        }
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      "id": "en-tack-en-noun-en:stickiness_of_a_material",
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        [
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          "construction"
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          "chemistry"
        ],
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          "stickiness"
        ],
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          "cohesive"
        ],
        [
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          "adhesive"
        ]
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        "(manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties."
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        "en:stickiness of a material"
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "business",
        "chemistry",
        "construction",
        "manufacturing",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 7 4 5 4 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 4 3 2 1 51 2 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "chemistry: stickiness",
          "word": "tahmeus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 7 4 5 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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",
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        },
        {
          "text": "soft tack",
          "type": "example"
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        "Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind."
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      "id": "en-tack-en-noun-en:food__especially_bread_or_breadlike_food",
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix."
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      "id": "en-tack-en-noun-en:something_attached__such_as_an_appendix",
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        [
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          "appendix"
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      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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          "ref": "1651-1666, Joseph Caryl, Exposition of Job with Practical Observations",
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        }
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        "Confidence; reliance."
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        "(obsolete) Confidence; reliance."
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
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      "name": "inh"
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          "_dis1": "42 10 5 17 4 12 11",
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          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
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        {
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          "roman": "zakrepvam",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "закрепвам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "42 10 5 17 4 12 11",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 10 5 17 4 12 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "clouer"
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        {
          "_dis1": "42 10 5 17 4 12 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
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        {
          "_dis1": "42 10 5 17 4 12 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "anzwecken"
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        {
          "_dis1": "42 10 5 17 4 12 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "anpinnen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "42 10 5 17 4 12 11",
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          "roman": "karfóno",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "καρφώνω"
        },
        {
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          "word": "طاقمق"
        },
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          "roman": "prikrepljátʹ",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "прикрепля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 10 5 17 4 12 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "sujetar con tachuelas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 10 5 17 4 12 11",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to nail with tacks",
          "word": "nubba"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "troposvam",
          "sense": "to stitch",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "to stitch",
          "word": "embastar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to stitch",
          "word": "harsia"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to stitch",
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          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
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          "_dis1": "8 6 49 23 1 0 13",
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          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "tehdä vastakäännös"
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          "_dis1": "8 6 49 23 1 0 13",
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          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
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          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
          "word": "louvoyer"
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          "_dis1": "8 6 49 23 1 0 13",
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          "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
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        "(slang, obsolete) To join in wedlock."
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      "code": "apw",
      "lang": "Western Apache",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "kee bił odalkalí"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "gavarrot"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "tatxa"
    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kopspijker"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "najleto"
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      "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": [
        "German",
        "Northern",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "próka",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πρόκα"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "ἡλάριον"
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    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "cū̃k",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "word": "ચૂંક"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "náats",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נעץ"
    },
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      "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"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "small nail",
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      "word": "Pligj"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "knópka",
      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "alt": "с широ́кой шля́пкой",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gvózdik",
      "sense": "small nail",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "гво́здик"
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      "sense": "small nail",
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      "sense": "small nail",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small nail",
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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": "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"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "word": "etukulma"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "course of action",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kurs"
    },
    {
      "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": "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"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tack"
  ],
  "word": "tack"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teh₂g- (touch)",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Norman translations",
    "Rhymes:English/æk",
    "Rhymes:English/æk/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "short-tack"
    },
    {
      "word": "tack about"
    },
    {
      "word": "tack down"
    },
    {
      "word": "tack up"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "takken",
        "t": "to attach; nail"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English takken (“to attach; nail”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English takken (“to attach; nail”), from the noun (see above).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tacks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tacking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tacked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tacked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tack (third-person singular simple present tacks, present participle tacking, simple past and past participle tacked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tacky"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blu-Tack"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth)."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:sew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wear"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "maneuver",
          "maneuver"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "change tack"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "run"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ],
        [
          "windward",
          "windward"
        ],
        [
          "series",
          "series"
        ],
        [
          "alternate",
          "alternate"
        ],
        [
          "tack",
          "tack"
        ],
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "beat"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to tack (something) onto (something)"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To add something as an extra item."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:add, as in adding on"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tack up",
          "tack up#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "tack up"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To join in wedlock."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "join",
          "join"
        ],
        [
          "wedlock",
          "wedlock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, obsolete) To join in wedlock."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tæk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-tack.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/En-us-tack.ogg/En-us-tack.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/En-us-tack.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "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"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stitch",
      "word": "heften"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "trypóno",
      "sense": "to stitch",
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to stitch",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stitch",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smenjam galsa",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "сменям галса"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "slå"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "overstag gaan"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "luovia"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "tehdä vastakäännös"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "tehdä venda"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
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    },
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      "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"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "lavíroz"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
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    },
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      "code": "mi",
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      "note": "to do this action repeatedly",
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
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      "word": "vither"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "slå"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lavírovatʹ",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "лави́ровать"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "voltejear"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "göra slag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nautical: to turn the bow through the wind",
      "word": "vända genom vinden"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dobavjam",
      "sense": "to add onto, to tack one thing onto another",
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    },
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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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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to add onto, to tack one thing onto another",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to add onto, to tack one thing onto another",
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    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to add onto, to tack one thing onto another",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to add onto, to tack one thing onto another",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "for draft animal",
      "sense": "to tack up a horse",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "for riding",
      "sense": "to tack up a horse",
      "word": "satuloida"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to tack up a horse",
      "word": "aufzäumen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to tack up a horse",
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