tack-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: attach with or as if with tacks

Examples:
When the Wrights were prepared to fly, they tacked a large red flag on the side.
Do all rugs and runners have non-skid backing or are they tacked down?
He tacked a $50 wireless router on to the network,
They tacked a prohibition on smoking onto a completely unrelated bill.

Mappings:
VerbNet: tape-22.4
FrameNet: Attaching
PropBank: tack.01,tack.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
tack_on 1

Sense Number 2: fix pieces together loosely

Commentary: INCLUDES: TACK TOGETHER

Examples:
She tacked the sleeves into the armholes of the dress.
He tacked together some random phrases and called it poetry.

Mappings:
VerbNet: tape-22.4
FrameNet: Attaching
PropBank: tack.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
tack_together 1

Sense Number 3: change direction (by turning into the wind)

Commentary:
NOTE: Be careful not to tag nominalizations.

Examples:
The sailors decided to tack the boat.
The boat tacked easily and was soon back up to eight knots.
He was a patsy of the left-- who dumped him the instant he tacked right.

Mappings:
VerbNet: nonvehicle-51.4.2,run-51.3.2-2
FrameNet: Operate_vehicle,Self_motion
PropBank: tack.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 6

Sense Number 4: add on to an amount

Commentary:
NOTE: Financial use.

Examples:
Bankers Trust tacked on 1 1/8, to 44 5/8.
Standard and Poor's 500-stock index tacked on 2.52 points, to 273.50.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM