Tow

Quick meaning: Tow is a verb meaning (transitive) To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue.

Meaning

(transitive) To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue.

More Meanings

1. (running, cycling, motor racing, etc.) To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.
2. The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
3. Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
4. Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
5. A rope or cable used in towing.
6. (motor racing) A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.
7. An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: draw, haul, pull, trail

It isn't the car's battery; I think I need a tow.

In its current specification it cannot be driven and must be towed to its work location by a locomotive.

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.

Word Forms

• tows
• towing
• towed

Synonyms for tow

Depending on context, synonyms include hards, oakum, draw, haul, pull, trail.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include towage, towline, wrecker, haulage, tugboat, barge.

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