He drives a tow truck.
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Tow
//təʊ//
Synonyms for "tow" (20 found)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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1 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
52 entriesShowing 16 of 52 words.
Translations
131 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- στυππεῖον noun (bundle of fibers)
Asturian
1 entries- remolcar verb (pull something using a line)
Basque
1 entries- iztupa noun (bundle of fibers)
Breton
1 entries- stoub noun (bundle of fibers)
Bulgarian
4 entries- буксир noun (act of towing)
- буксирно въже noun (cable used in towing)
- кълчища noun (bundle of fibers)
- теглене noun (act of towing)
Catalan
1 entries- remolcar verb (pull something using a line)
Cebuano
1 entries- guyod verb (pull something using a line)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 拉 verb (pull something using a line)
- 拖 verb (pull something using a line)
Corsican
1 entries- stoppa noun (bundle of fibers)
Czech
4 entries- koudel noun (bundle of fibers)
- odtažení noun (act of towing)
- remorkér noun (something that tows)
- tahač noun (something that tows)
Danish
1 entries- blår noun (bundle of fibers)
Dutch
4 entries- hede noun (bundle of fibers)
- sleeptouw noun (cable used in towing)
- trekkabel noun (cable used in towing)
- werk noun (bundle of fibers)
Esperanto
1 entries- stupo noun (bundle of fibers)
Finnish
1 entries- hinata verb (pull something using a line)
French
4 entries- corde de remorquage noun (cable used in towing)
- câble de remorquage noun (cable used in towing)
- filasse noun (bundle of fibers)
- remorquage noun (act of towing)
Galician
4 entries- estopa noun (bundle of fibers)
- remolque noun (act of towing)
- tomento noun (bundle of fibers)
- abordelar verb (pull something using a line)
German
4 entries- Abschleppen noun (act of towing)
- Hede noun (bundle of fibers)
- Schleppen noun (act of towing)
- Schlepper noun (something that tows)
Greek
4 entries- ρυμουλκό noun (something that tows)
- ρυμούλκηση noun (act of towing)
- στουπί noun (bundle of fibers)
- ρυμουλκώ verb (pull something using a line)
Hungarian
1 entries- vontat verb (pull something using a line)
Ido
1 entries- stupo noun (bundle of fibers)
Italian
4 entries- capecchio noun (bundle of fibers)
- rimorchio noun (something that is towed)
- traino noun (something that is towed)
- rimorchiare verb (pull something using a line)
Korean
2 entries- 토우 noun (bundle of fibers)
- 끌다 verb (pull something using a line)
Latvian
4 entries- pakulas noun (bundle of fibers)
- vilcējs noun (something that tows)
- vilkšana noun (act of towing)
- virve noun (cable used in towing)
Macedonian
1 entries- вле́чење noun (act of towing)
Maltese
1 entries- rmonka verb (pull something using a line)
Māori
4 entries- ngai noun (bundle of fibers)
- pūngahungahu noun (bundle of fibers)
- pārete verb (pull something using a line)
- taki verb (pull something using a line)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- stry noun (bundle of fibers)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- stry noun (bundle of fibers)
Old English
1 entries- heorde noun (bundle of fibers)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- استوپی noun (bundle of fibers)
- یدمك verb (pull something using a line)
Polish
4 entries- hol noun (cable used in towing)
- holowanie noun (act of towing)
- pakuły noun (bundle of fibers)
- holować verb (pull something using a line)
Portuguese
4 entries- estopa noun (bundle of fibers)
- rebocador noun (something that tows)
- reboque noun (act of towing)
- reboque noun (something that tows)
Romanian
1 entries- stupă noun (bundle of fibers)
Russian
4 entries- букси́р noun (something that tows)
- буксиро́вка noun (act of towing)
- буксиро́вочный трос noun (cable used in towing)
- куде́ль noun (bundle of fibers)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- slaod verb (pull something using a line)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kùčina noun (bundle of fibers)
- ку̀чина noun (bundle of fibers)
Sicilian
1 entries- stuppa noun (bundle of fibers)
Slovak
4 entries- kúdeľ noun (bundle of fibers)
- priadza noun (bundle of fibers)
- vliecť verb (pull something using a line)
- ťahať verb (pull something using a line)
Spanish
4 entries- cable noun (cable used in towing)
- cabo noun (cable used in towing)
- remolcador noun (something that tows)
- remolque noun (act of towing)
Swedish
3 entries- blånor noun (bundle of fibers)
- drev noun (bundle of fibers)
- bogsera verb (pull something using a line)
Turkish
1 entries- yedekte çekmek verb (pull something using a line)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кло́ччя noun (bundle of fibers)
Welsh
2 entries- breisgion noun (bundle of fibers)
- carth noun (bundle of fibers)
West-Frisian
1 entries- hjidde noun (bundle of fibers)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The policeman didn't tow your car away.
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Where did you tow them?
Source: tatoeba (1885679)
We can't tow this car.
Source: tatoeba (1955072)
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