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   tow

   /təʊ/

   verb

   • 1. (of a motor vehicle or boat) pull (another vehicle or boat) along with a rope, chain, or tow bar: "a pickup van towing a trailer"
   • ▪ (of a person) pull along behind one: "she saw Florian towing Nicky along by the hand"

   noun

   • 1. an act of towing a vehicle or boat: "the cruiser got a tow from a warship after its engine failed"
   • ▪ a rope or line used to tow a vehicle or boat.

   Word Origin Old Englishtogian ‘draw, drag’, of Germanic origin; related to tug. The noun dates from the early 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. towable adjective

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   What does tow mean?

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   What is in tow?

   • in tow 1 being towed by another vehicle or boat : his boat was taken in tow by a trawler. 2 accompanying or following someone : trying to shop with three children in tow is no joke. 1 rise to or reach a great height : he seemed to tower over everyone else.

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   What does towed mean?

   • 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. informal. in the state of being towed. under one's guidance; in one's charge. a professor who always had a graduate student in tow. under tow, in the condition of being towed; in tow. see in tow.

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   How do you use tow as a noun?

   • To tow something is to drag or pull it, the way a truck will tow your car away if you park it illegally. A boat can tow a smaller boat behind it, and a person can even tow another person: "I had to tow my little brother down the hall by his arm to get him to leave the party." You can use tow as a noun as well: "My car won't start.

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   To tow something is to drag or pull it, the way a truck will tow your car away if you park it illegally. A boat can tow a smaller boat behind it, and a person can even tow another person: "I had to tow my little brother down the hall by his arm to get him to leave the party."

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