Definizione monolingua

tack

tack (third-person singular simple present tacks, present participle tacking, simple past and past participle tacked)

1. To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
2. To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
3. (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.
4. To add something as an extra item.

   to tack (something) onto (something)

5. Often with ""up"""", to place the tack on a horse.

tack (plural tacks)

1. (carpentry) A small nail with a flat head.
2. A small, sharp, nail-like object used especially to affix thin items to thicker ones, but not heavily used in carpentry.
3. (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
4. (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
5. (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.
6. A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 637:

     I thought that my refusing Barnard would alienate Botha, and decided that such a tack was too risky.

7. (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.
8. (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
9. Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. Saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, harnesses, martingales, and breastplates are all forms of horse tack.
10. (chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.

Definizione dizionario tack

aggiungere

allegare

amura

bordeggiare

chiodo

imbastitura

inchiodare

mura

virata

Altri significati:

Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. Saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, harnesses, martingales, and breastplates are all forms of horse tack.

nautical direction

loose seam

(nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.

plow through (a wave) (plough)

To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).

(carpentry) A small nail with a flat head.

(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.

To add something as an extra item.

nautical: to turn the bow through the wind

(sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.

small nail

Often with "up"

A small, sharp, nail-like object used especially to affix thin items to thicker ones, but not heavily used in carpentry.

(chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.

to nail with tacks

(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.

(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.

A direction or course of action, especially a new one.

(nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.

to add onto, to tack one thing onto another

To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).