Tackle - English meaning

noun

An additional item of dress or equipment.

Usage examples:

The accoutrements of religious ritual

noun

The equipment needed for a particular activity or way of life

noun

The particulars of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated.

Usage examples:

They exchanged addresses and agreed to keep in touch

verb

Write the name and address of the intended recipient on (an envelope, letter, or parcel).

Usage examples:

I addressed my letter to him personally

verb

The place where a person or organization can be found

noun

The technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose.

Usage examples:

Firemen wearing breathing apparatus

noun

A set of equipment, tools, or a machine that is used for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

[ c ] the garage had an apparatus to lift cars up., technology has moved so fast, the old regulator…

noun

A set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

A piece of apparatus, the divers checked their breathing apparatus.

verb

Come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time.

Usage examples:

The train approached the main line

noun

A way of dealing with a situation or problem.

Usage examples:

We need a whole new approach to the job

verb

Move towards

noun

An accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living.

Usage examples:

The appurtenances of consumer culture

noun

A possession or piece of property that is considered to be a typical feature of a particular way of living

Usage examples:

Books and laptops are among the appurtenances of student life.

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Usage examples:

In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.

Usage examples:

He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb

An offensive against an enemy

idiom

Small things or jobs of different types

noun

A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.

Usage examples:

A block of marble

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb

Obstruct

noun

A device for raising objects off the ground, consisting of one or more small wheels with a rope or chain going around them, connected to a high part of a building

noun

A call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength.

Usage examples:

He accepted the challenge

verb

Exposure of the immune system to pathogenic organisms or antigens.

Usage examples:

Recently vaccinated calves should be protected from challenge

noun

Something needing great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully, or the situation of facing this kind of effort

Usage examples:

[ c ] it’s a challenge being in a marriage when both partners have high-pressure jobs., [ c ] no ma…

verb

Hit (someone) hard.

Usage examples:

If he does that i'll clobber him!

noun

Clothing, personal belongings, or equipment.

Usage examples:

I found all his clobber in the locker

verb

Add enamelled decoration to (porcelain).

Usage examples:

The hateful practice of clobbering oriental porcelain, already begun, pointed a cheap and easy way …

noun

The use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality.

Usage examples:

The requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym

noun

The act of intentionally arranging for something to happen by clever planning, or something that is arranged in this way

Usage examples:

Because of the timing, i'm sure the salary freeze is a deliberate contrivance, not a coincidence., …

noun

A clever device or object that has been invented for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

We stay dry using an ingenious little contrivance called an umbrella.

noun

A large, tall machine used for moving heavy objects by suspending them from a projecting arm or beam.

Usage examples:

A dockside crane

verb

Stretch out one's body or neck in order to see something.

Usage examples:

She craned forward to look more clearly

noun

A tall, long-legged, long-necked bird, typically with white or grey plumage and often with tail plumes and patches of bare red skin on the head. cranes are noted for their elaborate courtship dances.

Usage examples:

The courtship rituals of cranes are elaborate: paired birds spread their wings and leap repeatedly …

noun

The levels of frequency response of an audio signal, or controls which allow their adjustment.

Usage examples:

Judicious use of eq helps me create a space for each sound

noun

Short for emotional intelligence or emotional quotient.

Usage examples:

Eq enables us to use feelings to boost and complement our iq

noun

Abbreviation for emotional quotient: a measurement of a person's emotional intelligence (= their ability to understand their own feelings and the feelings of others)

Usage examples:

For leadership positions, eq accounts for 90 percent of success.

noun

The necessary items for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Suppliers of office equipment

noun

The set of tools, clothing, etc., needed for a particular activity or purpose

Usage examples:

Computer/electrical/farm equipment

noun

The machinery, tools, etc. that you need to do a job

Usage examples:

What are the estimated start-up costs for real estate, construction, and equipment?, industrial mac…

noun

A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of a driving mechanism (such as the engine of a vehicle) and the speed of the driven parts (the wheels).

Usage examples:

A racing bike with ten-speed gears

verb

Prepare, adjust, or equip for a particular purpose or need.

Usage examples:

They gear workouts to your specific needs

noun

(in a machine) a wheel having pointed parts around the edge that come together with similar parts of other wheels to control how much power from an engine goes to the moving parts of a machine

Usage examples:

[ u ] use second gear going up a steep hill., camping gear, [ t ] our program is geared to the need…

phrase

Begin to deal with or understand.

Usage examples:

The committee has failed to come to grips with the problem

phrase

Engage in combat with.

Usage examples:

British forces never came to grips with the enemy

idiom

To make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation

Usage examples:

The president has failed to come to grips with the two most important social issues of our time., i…

noun

Tools, machinery, and other durable equipment.

Usage examples:

High-tech military hardware

noun

Metal objects, materials, and equipment, such as tools

Usage examples:

A hardware store

noun

The physical and electronic parts of a computer or other piece of equipment, rather than its software

Usage examples:

The growth of the computer and consumer electronics industries is driven by a steady stream of adva…

verb

Raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys.

Usage examples:

A white flag was hoisted

noun

An act of raising or lifting something.

Usage examples:

Instead, dick persuaded fritz to sail to the next platform and ask the crane driver to give them a …

verb

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

noun

A tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Garden implements

verb

Put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect.

Usage examples:

The scheme to implement student loans

verb

To put a plan or system into operation

Usage examples:

Congress refused to pass the bill that would implement tax reforms., they've involved their workers…

noun

A tool or implement, especially one for precision work.

Usage examples:

A surgical instrument

verb

Equip (something) with measuring instruments.

Usage examples:

Engineers have instrumented rockets to study the upper atmosphere

noun

An object, such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which is played to produce musical sounds

Usage examples:

He plays saxophone, trumpet, and several other instruments., surgical instruments

verb

Obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination.

Usage examples:

Intelligence agencies intercepted a series of telephone calls

noun

An act or instance of intercepting something.

Usage examples:

He read the file of radio intercepts

verb

To stop or catch something or someone that is on the way from one place to another so that it does not reach the intended place

Usage examples:

To intercept a letter, the ball was intercepted by grady.

noun

A set of articles or equipment needed for a specific purpose.

Usage examples:

A first-aid kit

verb

Provide someone or something with the appropriate clothing or equipment.

Usage examples:

We were all kitted out in life jackets

noun

The young of certain animals, such as the beaver, ferret, and mink.

Usage examples:

Since 1997, 110 black-footed ferret kits have been released on the site.

noun

A set of clothes worn together, especially for a particular occasion or purpose.

Usage examples:

Her wedding outfit

verb

Provide with a set of clothes.

Usage examples:

Warders outfitted in special suits

noun

A set of clothes worn for a particular occasion or activity

Usage examples:

Susan wore a black outfit., she got a complete ski outfit as a gift from her parents., our company …

noun

Miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity.

Usage examples:

Drills, saws, and other paraphernalia necessary for home improvements

noun

A collection of objects, esp. equipment needed for or connected with a particular activity

Usage examples:

Photography paraphernalia

noun

All the objects needed for or connected with a particular activity

Usage examples:

We sell pots, gloves, seeds and other gardening paraphernalia., bags of cocaine and all sorts of dr…

noun

A wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes, which acts to change the direction of a force applied to the cord and is used to raise heavy weights.

Usage examples:

Prior to world war ii, the sash (the parts that move) was counterweighted by a temperamental arrang…

verb

Hoist with a pulley.

Usage examples:

The tree house was built on the ground and pulleyed into the branches

verb

Provide (a sailing boat) with sails and rigging.

Usage examples:

The catamaran will be rigged as a ketch

noun

The particular way in which a sailing boat's masts, sails, and rigging are arranged.

Usage examples:

A ketch rig

noun

A trick or swindle.

idiom

Begin to deal with

phrasal verb

Start doing something with vigour or determination.

Usage examples:

It would be far better to admit the problem openly and set about tackling it

phrasal verb

Attack someone.

Usage examples:

He set about me with a strap

verb

Another term for sheaf (verb).

noun

A wheel with a groove for a rope to run on, as in a pulley block.

Usage examples:

The notched wheel shape that is used in a pulley is actually called a sheave, which is more what i …

verb

(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.

Usage examples:

His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun

noun

A cessation of movement or operation.

Usage examples:

All business came to a stop

verb

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

noun

Matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied.

Usage examples:

I prefer to buy stuff in sales

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

verb

The tangible substance that goes into a physical object

collocation

Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

phrasal verb

Engage an employee.

Usage examples:

He took me on as an apprentice

phrasal verb

Be willing or ready to meet an adversary or opponent.

Usage examples:

A group of villagers has taken on the planners

noun

An object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to.

Usage examples:

Look at that metal rail thing over there

noun

A device, product, or part of nature that is not named

Usage examples:

There’s a new thing that seals plastic bags., there are some nice things in the stores on sale righ…

noun

A device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function.

Usage examples:

Gardening tools

verb

Impress a design on (leather, especially a leather book cover).

Usage examples:

Volumes bound in green leather and tooled in gold

noun

A piece of equipment that you use to help you do a job, esp. something that you use with your hands to make or repair something

Usage examples:

The only tools you need for this job are a hammer and a screwdriver., we believe the new law will b…

plural noun

The outward signs, features, or objects associated with a particular situation, role, or job.

Usage examples:

I had the trappings of success

plural noun

A horse's ornamental harness.

Usage examples:

It also includes used animal trappings such as harnesses, saddles, halters, reins, rope and chain.

plural noun

The possessions that are typical of a situation or symbols of a position

Usage examples:

He enjoyed all the trappings of wealth.

noun

A tool, container, or other article, especially for household use.

Usage examples:

Kitchen utensils

noun

A device or tool having a particular use, esp. in a kitchen

Usage examples:

We packed plates, cups, napkins, and eating utensils for the picnic.

noun

A hauling or lifting device consisting of a rope or chain winding round a horizontal rotating drum, turned typically by a crank or by motor.

Usage examples:

They do the work of motorized winches - haul logs, or move stuck tractors, raise towers, and so on …

verb

Hoist or haul with a winch.

Usage examples:

An attempt to winch survivors of the wreck into a helicopter

noun

A machine that lifts heavy objects by turning a chain or rope around a tube-shaped device

Usage examples:

He winched the crate off the truck.

noun

A winch, especially one on a ship or in a harbour.

Usage examples:

In his work mi'yar al-'aqul ibn sina defines simple machines and combinations of them which involve…

verb

Haul or lift (something) with a windlass.

Usage examples:

The sediment and heavy substance accumulating in the bottom of the sewers, impervious to flushing, …

noun

A winch