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tow
1[ toh ]
verb (used with object)
- to pull or haul (a car, barge, trailer, etc.) by a rope, chain, or other device:
The car was towed to the service station.
Synonyms: , ,
noun
- an act or instance of towing.
- something being towed.
- something, as a boat or truck, that tows.
- a rope, chain, metal bar, or other device for towing:
The trailer is secured to the car by a metal tow.
tow
2[ toh ]
noun
- the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute prepared for spinning by beating.
- the shorter, less desirable flax fibers separated from line fibers in combing.
- synthetic filaments prior to spinning.
adjective
- made of tow.
tow
3[ toh ]
noun
- a rope.
TOW
4[ toh ]
noun
- a U.S. Army antitank missile, steered to its target by two thin wires connected to a computerized launcher, which is mounted on a vehicle or helicopter.
tow
1/ əʊ /
verb
- tr to pull or drag (a vehicle, boat, etc), esp by means of a rope or cable
noun
- the act or an instance of towing
- the state of being towed (esp in the phrases in tow, under tow, on tow )
- something towed
- something used for towing
- in towin one's charge or under one's influence
- informal.(in motor racing, etc) the act of taking advantage of the slipstream of another car (esp in the phrase get a tow )
- short for ski tow
tow
2/ əʊ /
noun
- the fibres of hemp, flax, jute, etc, in the scutched state
- synthetic fibres preparatory to spinning
- the coarser fibres discarded after combing
Derived Forms
- ˈٴǷɲ, adjective
- ˈٴǷɲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ٴǷa· adjective
- ٴǷa·i·ٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tow1
Origin of tow2
Origin of tow3
Origin of tow4
Word History and Origins
Origin of tow1
Origin of tow2
Idioms and Phrases
- in tow,
- in the state of being towed.
- under one's guidance; in one's charge.
- as a follower, admirer, or companion:
a professor who always had a graduate student in tow.
- under tow, in the condition of being towed; in tow.
More idioms and phrases containing tow
see in tow .Example Sentences
After it was removed from the scene, the Cybertruck burst into flames again at a nearby tow yard, a person with knowledge of the incident not authorized to discuss it publicly told The Times.
"When we have a finished element at the harbour, it will be towed out to the location and then we will slowly immerse it behind the steel doors here."
Visitors to Wales' largest national park are being urged to think about how they travel to avoid parking chaos or risk being towed away.
There’s a man driving around Southern California in a kid’s Tesla Cybertruck with a Siberian husky riding shotgun and a large Mexican flag in tow.
In 2021, the two ex-officers were accused of spray painting a swastika inside a vehicle that had been towed from the scene of an alleged mail theft.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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