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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.
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Towable
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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:
before 1000; Middle English towen (v.), Old English togian to pull by force, drag; cognate with Middle High German zogen to draw, tug, drag. See tug
before 1000; Middle English towen (v.), Old English togian to pull by force, drag; cognate with Middle High German zogen to draw, tug, drag. See tug
Related forms
tow·a·ble, adjective
tow·a·bil·i·ty, noun
Synonyms
1. trail, draw, tug.
1. trail, draw, tug.
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| tow1 (təʊ) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to pull or drag (a vehicle, boat, etc), esp by means of a rope or cable |
| —n | |
| 2. | the act or an instance of towing |
| 3. | the state of being towed (esp in the phrases in tow, under tow, on tow) |
| 4. | something towed |
| 5. | something used for towing |
| 6. | in tow in one's charge or under one's influence |
| 7. | informal (in motor racing, etc) the act of taking advantage of the slipstream of another car (esp in the phrase get a tow) |
| 8. | short for ski tow |
| [Old English togian; related to Old Frisian togia, Old Norse toga, Old High German zogōn] | |
| 'towable1 | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
tow
"coarse, broken fibers of flax, hemp, etc.," late 14c., probably from O.E. tow- "spinning" (in towlic "fit for spinning"), perhaps cognate with Gothic taujan "to do, make," M.Du. touwen "to knit, weave." Tow-head, in ref. to tousled blond hair, is recorded from 1830.
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