(colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
(figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
(law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
(manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
(nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
(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.
(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
(nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
(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.
(obsolete) A peculiar flavour or taint.
(obsolete) Confidence; reliance.
(sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
A small nail with a flat head.
A stain; a tache.
A thumbtack.
Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
verb
(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.
To add something as an extra item.
To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
To place the tack on a horse; often paired with "up".
To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
