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A small nail with a flat head. / A thumbtack. / (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.

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tack

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tack

IPA(Pronunciation)

/tæk/

Noun

countable uncountable figuratively obsolete

Japanese Meaning

小さな平らな頭を持つ釘（押し釘、ピン） / 布を一時的に留めるための仮縫い（仮止め）

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I found a rusty tack on the floorboard and carefully picked it up.

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床板の上でさびた画鋲を見つけ、注意して拾い上げました。

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A small nail with a flat head.

A tough test for even the strongest climber, it was new to the Tour de France this year, but its debut will be remembered for the wrong reasons after one of those spectators scattered carpet tacks on the road and induced around 30 punctures among the group of riders including Bradley Wiggins, the Tour's overall leader, and his chief rivals.

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A thumbtack.

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(sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.

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(nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.

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(nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.

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(figuratively) A direction or course of action, especially a new one.

So stoutly held to tack by those near North-wales men;

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(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.

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(nautical) 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.

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