Bedeutung von tack auf Englisch

• 0 a short nail with a broad flat head -- der Reißnagel

  • a carpet tack.

• 1 in sewing, a large, temporary stitch used to hold material together while it is being sewn together properly. -- der Heftstich

• 2 in sailing, a movement diagonally against the wind -- das Lavieren

  • We sailed on an easterly tack.

• 3 a direction or course -- der Kurs

  • After they moved, their lives took a different tack.

• 4 (with down, on etc) to fasten (with tacks) -- heften

  • I tacked the carpet down

  • She tacked the material together.

• 5 (of sailing-boats) to move diagonally (backwards and forwards) against the wind -- lavieren

  • The boat tacked into harbour.