Word: Tow
How to pronounce: təʊ
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. (of a motor vehicle or boat) pull (another vehicle or boat) along with a rope, chain, or tow bar.
Example sentences: "A pickup van towing a trailer"
Noun
Definitions:
1. An act of towing a vehicle or boat.
Example sentences: "The cruiser got a tow from a warship after its engine failed"
Noun
Definitions:
1. The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp prepared for spinning.
Example sentences: "In this process, which is much faster than that using guillotine cutters, tow is dyed, finished, cut, dried, screened, and bagged in one continuous operation."
Abbreviation
Definitions:
1. Tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (missile).
Synonyms:
tug
towboat
tugboat
oakum
cotton waste
haul
pull
drag
draw
hale
haulage
harness
lug
towrope
towline
Derivations:
towing
towage
towed
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Tow in Other Languages...
Spanish: Remolcar
German: Abschleppen
French: Remorquage
Italian: Rimorchio
Turkish: çektirmek
