TOW

tow, towage

(noun) the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope; “the truck gave him a tow to the garage”

tow

(verb) drag behind; “Horses used to tow barges along the canal”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

TOW (plural TOWs)

(military) Initialism of tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided: a kind of antitank missile.

Anagrams

• OTW, WTO, owt, two, wot

Etymology 1

Verb

tow (third-person singular simple present tows, present participle towing, simple past and past participle towed)

(transitive) To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.

(running, cycling, motor racing, etc.) To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.

Noun

tow (plural tows)

The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

Something, such as a barge, that is towed.

A rope or cable used in towing.

(motor racing) A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.

Etymology 2

Noun

tow (countable and uncountable, plural tows)

An untwisted bundle of fibers such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

(specifically) The short, coarse, less desirable fibers separated by hackling from the finer longer fibers (line).

Synonyms

• hards, oakum

Anagrams

• OTW, WTO, owt, two, wot

Proper noun

Tow (plural Tows)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tow is the 15355^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1910 individuals. Tow is most common among White (78.69%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (13.72%) individuals.

Anagrams

• OTW, WTO, owt, two, wot

Source: Wiktionary

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Tow, n. Etym: [OE. tow, AS. tow, akin to OD. touw, Icel. taw, v.t.]

Definition: The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

Tow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Towed; p. pr. & vb. n. Towing.] Etym: [OE. towen, totoga to pull about, OHG. zogon, Icel. toga, AS. tohline a towline, and AS.teón to draw, p.p. getogen. See Tug]

Definition: To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.

Tow, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel.taug a rope, from the same root as E.tow, v. t.]

1. A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

2. The act of towing, or the state of being towed;-chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

3. That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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