tack

[tæk]

Definition:
1. The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails.
2. A short nail with a sharp point and a large head.
3. Gear for a horse.

Use 'tack' in a sentence:

1. We were tacking fairly close inshore.
2. Test method for increase in value of tack of printing inks.
3. But the Swiss giant has suddenly changed tack.
4. PHP Designer takes a different tack from the other IDEs.
5. In desperation I changed tack.
6. So Walsh's team took a new tack.
7. So Mr Chen changed tack.
8. Imagine a tick-tack-toe grid in your viewfinder.
9. The system has the function of operation guidance and quality tacking.
10. We are going to tack the map on the wall.
11. So why is Greece being forced to take the opposite tack?
12. Investigation on Seam Tacking Path Self-teaching Method Based on Visual Sensor.
13. The Study of Switch Project Construction Risk Identification Evaluation and Tacking Based on Delphi Method.
14. Products are increasingly being morphed into tack-on feature sets of bigger products.
15. Tack them together with a 1.5 cm seam.
16. This year he is trying a different tack.
17. Cisco took a different tack.
18. Never mind the side issues, let's get down to brass tacks and thrash out a basic agreement.
19. I sighed and took another tack.
20. Some content providers do not provide full feeds. Others tack on ads at the end of full feeds to provide some revenue.
21. Digitization Research on Detection of the Phase Tacking Point in Long Wave Time Service Systems.
22. He is hammering a tack into the wall to hang a picture.
23. Procrastinators often follow exactly the wrong tack.
24. He was forced to change tack.
25. He tacked the sheets of paper on as carefully as possible.
26. They decided to tack an amendment to the bill.
27. But, Let's Tack a Computer and TV onto The Fridge For now.
28. France is now enjoying the advantage of having taken the opposite tack.
29. But the company does not tack on a foreign transaction fee.
30. We were sailing on starboard tack.
31. So I decided to tack on a second 24 hours.
32. Some states have taken the opposite tack.
33. So the council and police have switched tack.
34. But now the administration has taken a different tack.
35. The helmsman could tack the boat singlehanded.
36. A Novel Correlation Tacking Algorithm Based on Edge Amplitude Distribution of Target.
37. True equity decoupling would need a change of tack.
38. "If you can't persuade him, try a new tack."
39. We managed to tack down the stairway carpet.
40. He spent the afternoon tacking the pictures.
41. This report takes a different tack from the 20 that have come before.
42. The Committee has changed tack several times on this issue already.
43. This is something of a change of tack.
44. You should tack your name on your report.
45. I usually tack on DS after the database name.
46. The childcare bill is to be tacked on to the budget plan now being worked out in the Senate.
47. Like Schwartz and so many others, I often find myself distracted and off tack.
48. Seeing the puzzled look on his face, she tried a different tack.
49. In a market where there appears to be a surplus, the common mistake is to tack on too many unnecessary requirements.
50. His thoughts wandered off on another tack.
51. Tack the cord around the cushion.
52. The population problem cannot be solved in a technical way, any more than can the problem of winning the game of tick-tack-toe.
53. He had tacked this note to her door.
54. She had recently taken a canvas from the theater and tacked it up on the wall.
55. It was a brave decision to change tack in the middle of the project.
56. Our last trip involved a coastal passage, tacking east against wind and current.