TACKED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of tack 2. to fasten something to a place with tacks 3. to sew…. Learn more.

In sailing, tack can refer to the direction that a ship or boat is sailing in as it moves at an angle to the direction of the wind; or to a change from one direction to another direction; or to the distance traveled while sailing in a particular direction.

TACKED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of tack 2. to fasten something to a place with tacks 3. to sew…. Learn more.

To fasten or attach with a tack or tacks: tacked the carpet down. 2. To fasten or mark (cloth or a seam, for example) with a loose basting stitch. 3. To put together loosely and arbitrarily: tacked some stories together in an attempt to write a novel. 4. To add as an extra item; append: tacked two dollars onto the bill. 5.

Simple past tense and past participle of tack. She tacked the note to the door and shut the screen. You're the one who tacked on the reasoning that he had become irresponsible. As the group …

Definition of tack verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive] tack something + adv./prep. to fasten something in place with a tack or tacks synonym nail. The carpet was tacked to the floor.

A tack is a short nail with a broad, flat head, especially one that is used for fastening carpets to the floor. 2. See also thumbtack. If you tack something to a surface, you pin it there with tacks or drawing pins. He had tacked this note to her door. [VERB noun + to] She had recently taken a poster from the theatre and tacked it up on the wall.

A tack is a small, sharp pin or nail with a wide head. You can use tacks to attach your flyers to the telephone poles in your neighborhood. As a verb, tack means "attach using a tack," and also, …

Synonyms for TACKED: zigzagged, veered, deviated, swung, turned, diverged, turned off, wheeled; Antonyms of TACKED: detached, divided, unhooked, split, separated, unfastened, undid, severed

The earliest known use of the adjective tacked is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for tacked is from 1612, in the writing of William Warner, poet and lawyer. tacked is formed within English, by derivation.