tack

გამოთქმა: /tak/

Universal

1a small, sharp broad-headed nail: tacks held the remaining rags of carpet to the floor
North American a drawing pin: here are some tacks—put up a notice

2a long stitch used to fasten fabrics together temporarily, prior to permanent sewing.

3a method of dealing with a situation or problem; a course of action or policy:as she could not stop him going she tried another tack and insisted on going with him

4 Sailing an act of changing course by turning a boat’s head into and through the wind, so as to bring the wind on the opposite side.
a boat’s course relative to the direction of the wind:the brig bowled past on the opposite tack
a distance sailed between tacks: it’s a shame to see a yacht drop her sails and start the diesel just because she has to make a few short tacks

6 [mass noun] the quality of being sticky:cooking the sugar to caramel gives tack to the texture

Universal

1 [with object and adverbial] fasten or fix in place with tacks:he used the tool to tack down sheets of fibreboard

2 [with object and adverbial] fasten (pieces of cloth) together temporarily with long stitches: when the dress was roughly tacked together, she tried it on
(tack something on) add or append something to something already existing: the castles have new wings and other bits tacked on customers tell of surprise ‘nuisance fees’ tacked on to every transaction

3 [no object] Sailing change course by turning a boat’s head into and through the wind: their boat was now downwind and they had to tackCompare with wear².
[from the practice of shifting ropes (see tack¹ (sense 5 of the noun) of noun) to change direction]
[with object] alter the course of (a boat) by tacking: I tacked the ship shortly after midnight
[with adverbial of direction] make a series of changes of course while sailing:but what happens when you have to tack up a narrow channel singlehanded?

on the port (or starboard) tack: Sailing with the wind coming from the port (or starboard) side of the boat: as soon as the yacht is established on the starboard tack, the jib sheet is let fly

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