0 past simple and past participle of tack
1 to fasten something to a place with tacks
2 to sew with a long, loose stitch that holds two pieces of material together temporarily, before they are sewn together in a more tidy or permanent way
3 (of a boat) to turn so that it is at an angle to the direction of the wind and receives the wind on its sails
The first skin panel will then be tacked in place and mechanically fastened.
Bulletins were subsequently tacked up everywhere people gathered, announcing the place and date of the scheduled burning.
From the fifth step, thumbtacks were tacked into the blocks, and random disturbance was introduced.
The two-page postscript to the book is by any generous turn rather tacked on.
With the animal positioned on its back, a midline sternotomy was performed and the pericardium opened and tacked up to form a well.
The pericardium was opened and tacked up to form a well.
Illnessrehabilitation is most apparent when it is tacked on to various medical specialties.
Thus, one is forced to deal with the real structure of the problem and not the one tacked on ad hoc by a choice of coordinates.
