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tow

1  [toh] ,
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–verb (used with object)
1. to pull or haul (a car, barge, trailer, etc.) by a rope, chain, or other device: The car was towed to the service station.
–noun
2. an act or instance of towing.
3. something being towed.
4. something, as a boat or truck, that tows.
5. a rope, chain, metal bar, or other device for towing: The trailer is secured to the car by a metal tow.
6. ski tow.
—Idioms
7. in tow,
a. in the state of being towed.
b. under one's guidance; in one's charge.
c. as a follower, admirer, or companion: a professor who always had a graduate student in tow.
8. under tow, in the condition of being towed; in tow.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME towen (v.), OE togian to pull by force, drag; c. MHG zogen to draw, tug, drag. See tug

Related forms:
tow⋅a⋅ble, adjective
tow⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
1. trail, draw, tug.
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tow 1   (tō)   
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. The act or an instance of towing.

    2. 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.


[Middle English towen, from Old English togian; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
tow'a·ble adj., tow'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

tow  (v.)
"pull with a rope," O.E. togian "to drag, pull," from P.Gmc. *tugojanan (cf. O.E. teon "to draw," O.Fris. togia "to pull about," O.N. toga, O.H.G. zogon, Ger. ziehen "to draw, pull, drag"), from PIE base *deuk- "to pull, draw" (cf. L. ducere "to lead;" see duke). The noun meaning "act or fact of being towed" is recorded from 1622. Towaway, in ref. to parking zones, is recorded from 1956.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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