tow
see also: Tow, TOW
Pronunciation
Tow
Proper noun
TOW
Noun
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see also: Tow, TOW
Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: tō, IPA: /təʊ/
- (America) enPR: tō, IPA: /toʊ/
- (British, rare) enPR: tou, IPA: /taʊ/, etymology 2 only
tow (tows, present participle towing; past and past participle towed)
- (transitive) To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.
- (running, cycling, motor racing, etc.) To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.
- French: tracter, (vehicle) remorquer
- German: ziehen, schleppen; (of a car) abschleppen; (of a ship) treideln
- Italian: trainare, rimorchiare
- Portuguese: rebocar
- Russian: букси́ровать
- Spanish: remolcar
tow (plural tows)
- The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
- It isn't the car's battery; I think I need a tow.
- Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
- Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
- A rope or cable used in towing.
- (motor racing) A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.
- French: remorquage
- German: Schleppen, Abschleppen
- Portuguese: reboque
- Russian: буксиро́вка
- Spanish: remolque
tow
- An untwisted bundle of fibers such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Isaiah 1:31 ↗:
- And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
- (specifically) The short, coarse, less desirable fibers separated by hackling from the finer longer fibers (line#Etymology_2|line).
Tow
Proper noun
TOW
Noun
tow (plural tows)
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