tack

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , from , of unknown origin, but possibly from , from the root. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A small nail with a flat head.
 * 2)  A thumbtack.
 * 3)   A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
 * 4)   The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
 * 5)   A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
 * 6)   A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
 * 7)   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)   The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
 * 9)   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.
 * 10)   Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
 * 11)   The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
 * 12)  Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
 * 13)  That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
 * 14)   Confidence; reliance.
 * 1)   The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
 * 2)   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.
 * 3)   Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
 * 4)   The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
 * 5)  Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
 * 6)  That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
 * 7)   Confidence; reliance.
 * 1)  Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
 * 2)  That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
 * 3)   Confidence; reliance.
 * 1)  That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
 * 2)   Confidence; reliance.
 * 1)   Confidence; reliance.
 * 1)   Confidence; reliance.
 * 1)   Confidence; reliance.

Translations

 * Apache:
 * Western Apache: kee bił odalkalí
 * Catalan: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: najleto
 * Finnish:
 * French: petit clou, clou semence
 * German: Stoßnadel, Pinnnadel, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἡλάριον
 * Gujarati: ચૂંક
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Maori: pine
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Pligj
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: gózdźik
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tibetan: གཟེར་ནག


 * Bulgarian: тропоска
 * Catalan: embasta
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: hilván


 * Esperanto: halso
 * Finnish: etukulma, halssikulma
 * German:
 * Maori: take


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Am-Wind-Kurs
 * Korean: 택
 * Maori: whakaripiripi
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Catalan: ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, Verfahrensweise, Marschroute,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: curso de acción
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: галс
 * Czech: křižování
 * Finnish: vastakäännös,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Polish:, zwrot na wiatr
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: halssi
 * French:
 * German:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: Lederzeug, Sattel- und Zaumzeug
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Walloon:, , haernas, , atelêyes


 * Bulgarian: лепливост
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: Klebrigkeit
 * Russian: ,

Etymology 2
From, from the noun (see above).

Verb

 * 1)   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.
 * 4)   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.
 * 5)   To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
 * 6)  To add something as an extra item.
 * 7)  To join in wedlock.
 * 1)   To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
 * 2)  To add something as an extra item.
 * 3)  To join in wedlock.
 * 1)  To add something as an extra item.
 * 2)  To join in wedlock.
 * 1)  To join in wedlock.
 * 1)  To join in wedlock.
 * 1)  To join in wedlock.
 * 1)  To join in wedlock.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: kiinnittää nupeilla
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ottoman Turkish: طاقمق
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: sujetar con tachuelas
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: тропосвам
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Luxembourgish: fooschen
 * Maori: pūnotinoti


 * Bulgarian: сменям галса
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: overstag gaan
 * Finnish: luovia, tehdä vastakäännös, tehdä venda, vendata
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: διαδρομώ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: whakaripi, waihape, whakaripiripi
 * Norman: couôrre, lôvier , vither
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: göra slag, vända genom vinden


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: liittää kylkiäiseksi
 * French:
 * German:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, aufsatteln


 * Norman: ,

Etymology 3
From an old or dialectal form of. See. .

Noun

 * 1) A stain; a tache.
 * 2)  A peculiar flavour or taint.
 * a musty tack

Etymology 4
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Noun

 * 1)  That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.

Etymology 5
From, , from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.

Etymology
From, , from ,.

Noun

 * 1) Lease, tenancy
 * 2) The period of such a contract
 * 3) A leasehold; especially, the tenure of a land or a farm.

Etymology
From, from , from , from ,. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬/🇨🇬.

Interjection

 * 1) thanks, thank you
 * 2) please (to add politeness)
 * 1) please (to add politeness)
 * 1) please (to add politeness)
 * 1) please (to add politeness)
 * 1) please (to add politeness)
 * 1) please (to add politeness)
 * 1) please (to add politeness)

Usage notes

 * Like in English, another way to add politeness is to turn requests into possibilities (the more remote, the politer). See for examples.
 * A pleading please (like, "Please, don't do it!") is.

Noun

 * 1) a thank you, a thanks (phrase or gesture that expresses gratitude)