TO TACK

Definition: TACK

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.

4. A line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind.

5. (nautical) the act of changing tack.

6. Sailing a zigzag course.

1. Fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board".

2. Turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack".

Specialty Definition: TO TACK

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Modern Translation: TO TACK

Language		Translations for "TO TACK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		stagvende (beat), lavere (beat, put on a wash, tint, wash). (various references)

Dutch		laveren (beat, to beat). (various references)

French		louvoyer. (various references)

German		lavieren (maneuver, tack), Aufkreuzen (roll along, show up, tack). (various references)

Greek		βολτατζάρω (beat), πλεύση με διαδρομές (beat), διαδρομώ (beat). (various references)

Hungarian		taktikát változtat (to shift one's ground), odaszögez, irányt változtat (to change one's course, to come about, to haul, to shift round, to veer, to veer about), összetűz (to come to loggerheads with sy, to pin, to pin together, to staple), összefércel (baste, to baste). (various references)

Italian		bordeggiare (tack). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"切る (to plow through), 仕付ける (to baste, to be used to a job, to begin to do, to plant). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しつける (to baste, to be used to a job, to begin to do, to discipline, to plant, to teach manners, to train), まぎる (to plow through). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay acktay

Spanish		voltejear (beat), dar bordadas (beat, to beat up to windward). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO TACK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-k-o-t-t"
	-1 letter: cotta.
	-2 letters: coat, tack, taco, tact.
	-3 letters: act, att, cat, cot, kat, koa, oak, oat, oca, oka, tao, tat, tot.
	-4 letters: at, ka, ta, to.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-k-o-t-t"
	+1 letter: mattock.
	+2 letters: fatstock, mattocks.
	+3 letters: fatstocks, keratotic.
	+4 letters: picketboat, postattack.
	+5 letters: latticework, picketboats, spatterdock, stocktaking, ticktacktoe.
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Domain	Definition
Sports & Leisure	To sail windward by alternate tacks. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Defender and Columbia about to tack. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.