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tow
1[ toh ]
verb (used with object)
- to pull or haul (a car, barge, trailer, etc.) by a rope, chain, or other device:
The car was towed to the service station.
Synonyms: , ,
noun
- an act or instance of towing.
- something being towed.
- something, as a boat or truck, that tows.
- a rope, chain, metal bar, or other device for towing:
The trailer is secured to the car by a metal tow.
tow
2[ toh ]
noun
- the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute prepared for spinning by beating.
- the shorter, less desirable flax fibers separated from line fibers in combing.
- synthetic filaments prior to spinning.
adjective
- made of tow.
tow
3[ toh ]
noun
- a rope.
TOW
4[ toh ]
noun
- a U.S. Army antitank missile, steered to its target by two thin wires connected to a computerized launcher, which is mounted on a vehicle or helicopter.
tow
1/ əʊ /
verb
- tr to pull or drag (a vehicle, boat, etc), esp by means of a rope or cable
noun
- the act or an instance of towing
- the state of being towed (esp in the phrases in tow, under tow, on tow )
- something towed
- something used for towing
- in towin one's charge or under one's influence
- informal.(in motor racing, etc) the act of taking advantage of the slipstream of another car (esp in the phrase get a tow )
- short for ski tow
tow
2/ əʊ /
noun
- the fibres of hemp, flax, jute, etc, in the scutched state
- synthetic fibres preparatory to spinning
- the coarser fibres discarded after combing
Derived Forms
- ˈٴǷɲ, adjective
- ˈٴǷɲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ٴǷa· adjective
- ٴǷa·i·ٲ noun
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
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Idioms and Phrases
- in tow,
- in the state of being towed.
- under one's guidance; in one's charge.
- as a follower, admirer, or companion:
a professor who always had a graduate student in tow.
- under tow, in the condition of being towed; in tow.
More idioms and phrases containing tow
see in tow .Example Sentences
They were "conducting a mission to repair and tow an immobilised tactical vehicle" when they went missing, the statement said.
Then they were targeted by scammers, who claimed they were sent to tow the car.
Crowley, the Florida-based maritime operations company which manages the ship, has said salvage teams are preparing to transfer the fuel to another tanker over the weekend before it is towed to Newcastle.
He had rented a truck to tow it, not knowing he would get the electric vehicle, which needed frequent charging because the RV was so heavy.
A cargo ship involved in a crash with an oil tanker in the North Sea has been towed to Aberdeen.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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