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Tow
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
"It isn't the car's battery; I think I need a tow."
- 2 An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute. countable, uncountable
"And the strong shall be as towe, and the maker of it as a sparke, and they shall both burne together, and none shall quench them."
- 3 Initialism of tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided: a kind of antitank missile. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"The American-made TOW antitank missiles began arriving in the region in 2013, through a covert program run by the United States, Saudi Arabia and other allies to help certain C.I.A.-vetted insurgent groups battle the Syrian government."
- 4 the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope wordnet
- 5 Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
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- 6 The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line). countable, specifically, uncountable
- 7 Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
- 8 A rope or cable used in towing.
- 9 A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.
"On Saturday, Vettel was very unhappy with Leclerc's failure to work out a way through the traffic and give him a tow for the second runs in qualifying, as had been agreed."
- 1 Initialism of The One with ... or The One Where ...: used to refer to episodes of the American television sitcom Friends. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
"TOW the Prom Video"
- 1 To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue. transitive
"Near-synonyms: draw, haul, pull, trail"
- 2 drag behind wordnet
- 3 To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance. usually
Etymology
From Middle English towen, from Old English togian, from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. See also Middle High German zogen, German ziehen, Dutch tijgen, Old Norse toga.
From Middle English towen, from Old English togian, from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. See also Middle High German zogen, German ziehen, Dutch tijgen, Old Norse toga.
From Middle English touw, from Old English tow- (“spinning”) (in compounds, e.g. towcræft, towhūs, towlic), from Proto-Germanic *tawwą; compare Old Norse tó (“uncleansed wool”), Dutch touw (“rope”). Perhaps cognate with Old English tawian (“prepare for use”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “do, make”).
* As an English surname, variant of Tough, from the adjective tough. Also compare the Scottish surname Tulloch. * As a Chinese surname, converged from several Romanizations, such as 陶 (Dao), 曹 (cáo) (Cao), 杜 (dù) (Du), 蘇 /苏 (sū) (Su).
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