transcription, транскрипция: [ tæk ]
( tacks, tacking, tacked)
1.
A tack is a short nail with a broad, flat head, especially one that is used for fastening carpets to the floor.
to get down to brass tacks: see brass
N-COUNT
see also thumbtack
2.
If you tack something to a surface, you pin it there with tacks or drawing pins.
He had tacked this note to her door...
She had recently taken a canvas from the theater and tacked it up on the wall.
VERB : V n to n , V n with adv
3.
If you change tack or try a different tack , you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
In desperation I changed tack...
This report takes a different tack from the 20 that have come before.
= approach
N-SING : also no det
4.
If a sailing boat is tacking or if the people in it tack it, it is sailing towards a particular point in a series of sideways movements rather than in a straight line.
We were tacking fairly close inshore...
The helmsman could tack the boat singlehanded.
VERB : V , V n , also V n prep / adv
5.
If you tack pieces of material together, you sew them together with big, loose stitches in order to hold them firmly or check that they fit, before sewing them properly.
Tack them together with a 1.5 cm seam...
Tack the cord around the cushion.
VERB : V pl-n with together , V n prep / adv