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[tak] 
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tack
[tak]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach |
| Synonyms: | add, affix, annex, append, baste, fasten, fix, hem, mount, nail, paste, pin, sew, staple, stitch, tag, tie |
| Antonyms: | detach, separate, unfasten, untack |
| Main Entry: | baste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sew temporarily |
| Synonyms: | catch, fasten, stitch, tack |
| Main Entry: | hang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend or be suspended |
| Synonyms: | adhere, attach, be fastened, be in mid-air, be loose, be pendent, be poised, beetle, bend, bow, cling, cover, dangle, deck, decorate, depend, drape, drift, droop, drop, fasten, fix, flap, float, flop, furnish, hold, hover, impend, incline, lean, loll, lop, lower, nail, overhang, pin, project, remain, rest, sag, stay up, stick, swing, tack, trail, wave |
| Main Entry: | nail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, fix with pointed object |
| Synonyms: | attach, beat, bind, drive, hammer, hit, hold, join, pin, pound, secure, sock, spike, strike, tack, whack |
| Antonyms: | unfasten, unnail |
| Main Entry: | sail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel through water, air; glide |
| Synonyms: | boat, captain, cast anchor, cast off, cross, cruise, dart, drift, embark, flit, float, fly, get under way, leave, make headway, motor, move, navigate, pilot, put to sea, reach, run, scud, set sail, shoot, skim, skipper, skirr, soar, steer, sweep, tack, voyage, weigh anchor, wing |
| Main Entry: | secure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach, tie up |
| Synonyms: | adjust, anchor, batten down, bind, bolt, button, button down, catch, cement, chain, clamp, clinch, close, fasten, fix, hitch, hook on, lash, lock, lock up, make fast, moor, nail, padlock, pinion, rivet, settle, tack, tie, tie down, tighten |
| Antonyms: | let go, loose, loosen, unfasten, untie |
| Main Entry: | sew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare fabric for clothing, covering |
| Synonyms: | baste, bind, embroider, fasten, piece, seam, stitch, tack, tailor, work |
| Antonyms: | rip, tear |
| Main Entry: | shift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | switch, fluctuate |
| Synonyms: | about-face, alter, blow hot and cold, bottom out, budge, change, change gears, cook*, deviate, dial back, dislocate, displace, disturb, do up, drift, exchange, fault, flip-flop, hem and haw, move, move around, move over, rearrange, recalibrate, relocate, remove, replace, reposition, ship, shuffle, slip, stir, substitute, swap places, swerve, switch over, tack, transfer, transmogrify, transpose, turn, turn around, turn the corner, turn the tables, vacillate, vary, veer, waffle, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | deactivate, remain, stagnate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swerve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn aside, often to avoid collision |
| Synonyms: | bend, deflect, depart, depart from, deviate, dip, diverge, err, get off course, go off course, incline, lurch, move, sheer, sheer off, shift, sideslip, sidestep, skew, skid, slue, stray, swing, tack, train off, turn, veer, wander, waver, wind |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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