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tow ¹  (t)

tr.v. towed, tow·ing, tows

To draw or pull behind by a chain or line: a tugboat towing a barge. See Synonyms at pull.

n.

1.

a. The act or an instance of towing.

b. The condition of being towed: a car with a trailer in tow.

2. Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

3. Something, such as a barge or car, that is towed.

4. A rope or cable used in towing.

Idiom:

in tow

1. Under close guidance; in one's charge: The new student was taken in tow by a peer counselor.

2. As a companion or follower: came to dinner with a friend in tow.

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[Middle English towen, from Old English togian; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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towa·ble adj.

tower n.

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tow ²  (t)

n.

Coarse broken flax or hemp fiber prepared for spinning. See Regional Note at gunnysack.

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[Middle English, possibly from Old English tow-, spinning (in tow-cræft, spinning craft, spinning).]

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tow ¹

Verb

to pull or drag (a vehicle), esp. by means of a rope or cable

Noun

1. the act or an instance of towing

2. in tow Informal in one's company or one's charge or under one's influence: she had an older man in tow

3. on tow (of a vehicle) being towed [Old English togian]

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tow ²

Noun

fibres of hemp, flax, jute, etc., prepared for spinning [Old English tōw]

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Tow a string of barges being towed, 1805.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tow - the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope; "the truck gave him a tow to the garage" towage haul, haulage, draw - the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the hill went very slowly"
Verb	1.	tow - drag behind; "Horses used to tow barges along the canal" pull along, schlep, shlep - pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk" tug - tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"

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tow

verb drag, draw, pull, trail, haul, tug, yank, hale, trawl, lug

Translations

tow [təu] n to give sb a tow (AUT) → remolcar a algn vt → remolcar;

"on or (US) in tow" (AUT) → "a remolque"

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tow [təu] n to give sb a tow (Aut) → remorquer qn vt → remorquer [+ caravan, trailer]; tracter;

"on tow" (US);

"in tow" (Aut) → "véhicule en remorque"

tow away vt (subj) [police] → emmener à la fourrière: [breakdown service] → remorquer

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tow [təu] vt [+ vehicle] → abschleppen [+ caravan, trailer]; ziehen

n to give sb a tow (Aut) → jdn abschleppen;

"on tow", "in tow" (US) → "Fahrzeug wird abgeschleppt"

tow away tow vt [+ vehicle] → abschleppen

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tow [təu] vt → rimorchiare

n → rimorchio;

"on tow" (US);

"in tow " (AUT) → "veicolo rimorchiato";

to give sb a tow → rimorchiare qn

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tow

v tow [təu]

to pull (a ship, barge, car, trailer etc) by a rope, chain or cable The tugboat towed the ship out of the harbour; The car broke down and had to be towed to the garage. insleep يَقْطُر، يَجُر тегля vléci slæbe; trække (ab-)schleppen ρυμουλκώ remolcar pukseerima کشیدن؛ بکسل کردن hinata remorquer לִגרוֹר रस्सी से खींच vući, tegliti vontat menarik draga rimorchiare, trainare 綱で引く 밧줄로 끌다 vilkti ņemt tauvā; vilkt menunda slepen slepe, taue, buksere holować rebocar a remorca буксировать vliecť, ťahať vleči z vrvjo šlepovati bogsera พ่วง çekmek 牽引，拖，拉 тягти на линві; буксирувати رسي وغيرہ سے کھينچنا kéo đi 牵引，拖，拉

n

(an) act of towing or process of being towed Give us a tow! insleping قَطْر، جَر теглене vlek træk das Schleppen ρυμούλκηση remolque pukseerimine یدک کشی؛ بکسل hinaus remorquage גְרִירָה खिंचाव vuča, tegljenje vontatás tarikan tog, dráttur rimorchio 綱で引くこと 밧줄로 끌기 vilkimas vilkšana (tauvā); buksēšana tunda het slepen slep, tauing, buksering holowanie rebocada remorcare буксировка vlek vleka šlepovanje bogsering การลาก çekme 牽引，拉 буксирування کھينچنے کا عمل sự kéo đi 牵引，拉

nouns towline/ˈtow-rope

a rope etc used in towing. sleeptou حَبْل القَطْر أو الجَر въже за буксир vlečné lano slæbetov das Abschleppseil σκοινί ρυμούλκησης cabo/cable de remolque pukseerimisköis سیم بکسل hinausköysi câble de remorquage חֶבֶל גְרִירָה गून, बांध रस्‍सी vučno uže vontatókötél tali penarik dráttartaug (cavo/gomena di rimorchio) 引き綱 (배·차를 끄는) 밧줄 buksyras buksēšanas tauva tali tunda sleeptouw slepetau lina holownicza cabo de reboque cablu de remorcă буксирный трос vlečné lano vlečna vrv uže za vuču bogserlina สายโยง çekme halatı 拖纜 буксир, буксирний трос کھينچنے کے ليے استعمال ہونے والي رسي dây kéo 拖缆