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tackify

tackify verb: to make (a material) tacky.

Verb

tackify (third-person singular simple present tackifies, present participle tackifying, simple past and past participle tackified)

  1. (transitive) To make (a material) tacky.
    • to tackify rubber

Forms of tackify

third-person singular presenttackifies
present participletackifying
past participletackified
pasttackified

Origin of tackify

From tack + -ify.

Words formed from tackify

Questions about tackify

What does tackify mean?
Tackify means to make (a material) tacky.
What part of speech is tackify?
Tackify is a verb.
What is the past tense of tackify?
The past tense of tackify is tackified.

Words near tackify in the dictionary

  1. tackiest
  2. tackified
  3. tackifier
  4. tackifiers
  5. tackifies
  6. tackify
  7. tackifying
  8. tackily
  9. tackiness
  10. tackinesses
  11. tacking

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