TOWS

Noun

TOWs

plural of TOW

Anagrams

• OTWs, SWOT, Stow, ow'st, stow, swot, twos, wost, wots

Noun

tows

plural of tow

Verb

tows

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tow

Anagrams

• OTWs, SWOT, Stow, ow'st, stow, swot, twos, wost, wots

Proper noun

Tows

plural of Tow

Anagrams

• OTWs, SWOT, Stow, ow'st, stow, swot, twos, wost, wots

Source: Wiktionary


TOW

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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