Commit and Tackle

• (v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
• (v.t.) To confound.
• (v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
• (v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
• (v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
• (v.t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
• (v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.

verb

• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
  • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • synonyms: perpetrate, pull
• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
• Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
  • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
• Confer a trust upon.
  • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide
• Make an investment.
  • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • synonyms: invest, put, place
• Engage in or perform.
  • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
  • synonyms: practice

(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

noun

• The person who plays that position on a football team.
  • usage: "the right tackle is a straight A student"
• Gear consisting of ropes etc. Supporting a ship's masts and sails.
  • synonyms: rigging
• Gear used in fishing.
  • synonyms: fishing gear, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig
• American football. ( a position on the line of scrimmage)
  • usage: "it takes a big man to play tackle"
• American football. ( grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground)

verb

• Accept as a challenge.
  • usage: "I'll tackle this difficult task"
  • synonyms: undertake, take on
• Put a harness.
  • usage: "harness the horse"
  • synonyms: harness
• Seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball. .

• (n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
• (n.) To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.
• (n.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.
• (n.) To supply with tackle.
• (n.) Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons.
• (n.) Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
• (n.) To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon.