📖 Определения и значения для слова tack
📒 the way in which you deal with a particular situation; the direction of your words or thoughts
- a complete change of tack
- It was a brave decision to change tack in the middle of the project.
- When threats failed, she decided to try/take a different tack.
📒 the direction that a boat with sails takes as it sails at an angle to the wind in order to fill its sails
- They were sailing on (a) port/starboard tack (= with the wind coming from the left/right side).
- The yacht swung to the opposite tack.
📒 a small nail with a sharp point and a flat head, used especially for fixing a carpet to the floor
- a carpet tack
📒 a short pin with a large round, flat head, used especially for fastening paper to a board or wall
📒 a long, loose stitch used for holding pieces of cloth together temporarily, before you sew them finally
📒 the equipment that you need for riding a horse, such as a saddle and bridle
- a tack room (= the room where this equipment is kept)
📒 (to start to consider) the basic facts or practical details of something