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Definition of 'tack'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tack
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usu. with a broad, flat head.

2.  tack
a course of action, esp. one differing from some preceding or other course:
took the wrong tack.

3.  tack
the heading of a sailing vessel, when sailing close-hauled, with reference to the wind direction.

4.  tack
a course run obliquely against the wind.

5.  tack
one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a ship proceeding to windward.

6.  tack
the lower forward corner of a course or fore-and-aft sail.

7.  tack
a rope for extending this.

8.  tack
one of the movements of a zigzag course on land.

9.  tack
a stitch, esp. a long stitch used in fastening seams, preparatory to a more thorough sewing.

10.  tack
a fastening, esp. of a slight or temporary kind.

11.  tack
stickiness, as of nearly dry paint or glue.

12.  tack
the gear used in equipping a horse.

13. (v.t.) tack
to fasten with tacks.

14.  tack
to secure by some slight or temporary fastening.

15.  tack
to join together.

16.  tack
to attach as something supplementary; append (often fol. by on).

17.  tack
to change the course of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack.

18.  tack
to navigate (a sailing vessel) by a series of tacks.

19.  tack
to put a saddle, bridle, etc., on (a horse).

20. (v.i.) tack
to tack a sailing vessel.

21.  tack
(of a sailing vessel) to change course in this way.

22.  tack
to take or follow a zigzag course or route.

23.  tack
to change one's course of action, ideas, etc.

24.  tack
to put a saddle, bridle, etc., on a horse (usu. fol. by up).

25. (n.) tack
food; fare.

Etymology: (1740–50; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'tack'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) tack
the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails

2. (noun) tack
a short nail with a sharp point and a large head

3. (noun) stable gear, saddlery, tack
gear for a horse

4. (noun) sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

5. (noun) tack, tacking
(nautical) the act of changing tack

6. (verb) tack
sailing a zigzag course

7. (verb) tack
fasten with tacks
"tack the notice on the board"

8. (verb) tack, wear round
turn into the wind
"The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"

9. (verb) assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
create by putting components or members together
"She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

10. (verb) baste, tack
sew together loosely, with large stitches
"baste a hem"

11. (verb) append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on
fix to; attach
"append a charm to the necklace"

12. (verb) interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Definition of 'tack'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) tack
to attach sth onto sth with a tack
a notice tacked onto the bulletin board

2. (noun) tack
a short nail or a strong pin with a flat top
advertisements attached to the wall with tacks

3. tack
a way of doing sth; = method
The second time, we took a different tack.

Definition of 'tack'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) tack
a stain; a tache

2. (noun) tack
a peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack

3. (noun) tack
a small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head

4. (noun) tack
that which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3

5. (verb) tack
a rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom

6. (verb) tack
the part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail)

7. (verb) tack
the direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction

8. (verb) tack
a contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease

9. (verb) tack
confidence; reliance

10. (verb) tack
to fasten or attach

11. (verb) tack
especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder

12. (verb) tack
in parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to

13. (verb) tack
to change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course

14. (verb) tack
to change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4

Translation of 'tack'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a short nail with a broad flat head a carpet-tack.
Afrikaans: duimspyker	Arabic: مِسْمار صَغير	Bulgarian: кабърче
Brazilian: tacha	Czech: napínáček	German: der Reißnagel
Danish: søm; -søm; stift; -stift	Greek: πινέζα, καρφάκι	Spanish: tachuela
Estonian: papinael	Farsi: پونز؛ میخ کوتاه و سر پهن	Finnish: nasta
French: punaise	Hebrew: מַסמֵר רִיפּוּד	Hindi: छोटी कील
Croatian: pribadača, čavlić (sa šir	Hungarian: (széles fejű) rövid szeg(	Indonesian: paku payung
Icelandic: (blá)saumur	Italian: bulletta, puntina	Japanese: びょう
Korean: 압정	Lithuanian: vinutė, smeigtukas	Latvian: nagla ar platu galviņu
Malay: paku tekan	Dutch: kopspijker	Norwegian: nellik-/pumpespiker
Polish: gwoździk	Persian: پونز؛ میخ کوتاه و سر پهن	Pashto: ميخ، پلكه ،ګل ميخى، مراند
Portuguese: tacha	Romanian: cuişor; ţintă	Russian: гвоздик с широкой шляпкой
Slovak: pripináčik	Slovenian: risalnižebljiček	Serbian: ekserčić
Swedish: nubb, stift	Thai: ตะปูแหลมสั้นและหัวแบน	Turkish: raptiye
Taiwanese: 平頭針	Ukrainian: цвяшок із широкою голівко	Urdu: چوڑے سر کي چھوٹي کيل
Vietnamese: đinh mũ	Chinese: 平头针
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