tack
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noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A small nail with a flat head.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A thumbtack.
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(countable, uncountable)(sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
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(countable, uncountable)(nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
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(countable, uncountable)(nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
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(countable, uncountable)(nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
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(countable, uncountable)(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
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(countable, uncountable)(nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
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(countable, uncountable)Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
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(countable, uncountable)(manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
The laminate adhesive has very aggressive tack and is hard to move once in place.
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(countable, uncountable)Food generally; fare, especially of the hard bread or breadlike kind.
Near-synonyms: biscuit, bread
Đồng nghĩa: biscuit, bread
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
- 2.
To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
- 3.
To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding.
Đồng nghĩa: tack weld
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(nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
Đồng nghĩa: change tack
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(intransitive)(intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
Đồng nghĩa: beat
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To add something as an extra item.
to tack (something) onto (something)
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Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”).
Đồng nghĩa: tack up
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(obsolete, slang)To join in wedlock.
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thumb|right|Tacks (small nails with flat heads) thumb|right|Tacks (thumbtacks) From Middle English tak, takke (hook; staple; nail), from - taque (nail, pin, peg), from *takkō (twig, branch, shoot), of unknown origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dHgʰ-n-, from the root *déHgʰ- (to pinch; to tear, rip, fray). Cognate with Takke, takke branch, tûk (branch, smart, sharp), tak, Zacke.