Tow

What do we mean by tow?

Coarse broken flax or hemp fiber. noun

A continuous untwisted bundle of manufactured fibers. noun

To draw or pull behind by a chain or line: synonym: pull. transitive verb

The act or an instance of towing. noun

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows. noun

Something, such as a barge or car, that is towed. noun

A rope or cable used in towing. noun

(in tow) In a condition of being towed. idiom

(in tow) Under close guidance; in one's charge. idiom

(in tow) As a companion or follower. idiom

To make fluffy by picking to pieces, as hair.

To pull; draw; haul; especially, to drag through the water by means of a rope or chain: as, to tow a small boat astern; to tow a vessel into harbor.

To dredge with a towing-net. See towing, n., 2.

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

In hecking, a quantity of hemp fibers sufficient for spinning a yarn 160 fathoms long. These fibers are passed twice through the heckle, and are then tied up into a bundle, which weighs about 3½ pounds. noun

An obsolete or dialectal form of tough.

A rope. noun

The act of towing, or the state of being towed: generally with in: as, to take a disabled vessel in tow. noun

A vessel or number of vessels that are being towed. noun

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word tow. Define tow, tow synonyms, tow pronunciation, tow translation, English dictionary definition of tow.

Words that are spelled similarly to tow:
tow.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tow:
tug, hitch, tugboat, towed, scrapping, truck, rope, barge, parted, sank, glider, salvage, aground, lifeboat, ropes, tractor, trailer, tanker, missile, steamer, scrapped, pomerania, destroyer, ski, vessel, pearl, seas, decommissioned, repaired, safely, harbor, lift, wreck, gibraltar, sunk, submarine, vehicle, boats, convoy, hook, voyage, cruiser, ship, arrived, cargo, boat, stern, skiing, proceeded, rescued, sailed, torpedo, yard, crew, hms, departed, vessels, escort, damaged, uss, disabled, driver, aboard, bow, vehicles, guided, ships, harbour, panama, pulled, cable, waves, bound, tanks, repair, canal, broke, shore, equipped, path, plane, port, powered, installed, sailing, norfolk, winds, breaking, hull, target, rescue, load, gear, fleet, gun, patrol, snow, weather, artillery, heavy.

Words that rhyme with tow:
go, blow, show, know, forego, snow, so, throw, flow, though, ratio, pro, hello, quo, grow, row, sew, apropos, mow, bio, low, forgo, shadow, o, woe, crow, portfolio, no, although, potato, bestow, yoe, toe, undergo, studio, hoe, glow, owe, joe, aglow, co, escrow, indigo, willow, dough, espresso, archipelago, plateau, cameo, slow, rainbow, beau, tomato, doe, adagio, ho, foe, otto, coco, status quo, fallow, glo, lo, below, radio, hydro, vertigo, manifesto, meadow, tomorrow, patio, veto, overthrow, audio, plough, tempo, torso, roe, calypso, aficionado, borrow, micro, virago, mo, rhino, winnow, photo, tornado, buffalo, quid pro quo, portico, tableau, whoa, dado, torpedo, rococo, gusto, grotto, calico, solo.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tow:
kow, long, first, deep, little, under, fine, single, dry, coarse, heavy, short, double, wet, continuous, big, lighted, ski, chopped, soft, mile, strong, bottom, flax, impetuous, low, vertical, foot, net, clean, entire, integrated, submerged, close, wee, minute, standard, solemn, har, flaxen, hour, slow, loose, shingle, winch, greasy, twisted, typical, burnt, accursed, row, aero, horizontal, rough, hempen, chow, unwieldy, yellow, tenpenny, longest, depth, innocent, demy, oblique, awful.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tow:
boats, path, cloth, rope, lines, ropes, boat, head, times, paths, line, linen, nets, bar, heads, row, wouse, system, out, truck, sack, cart, observations, position, density, area, string, trucks, frequency, thomas, netting, ards, headed, away, horse, conveyors, hee, car, survey, operations, color, sis, pien, operation, thongs, vehicle, operators, strings, fish, carpeting, income, att, train, yarn, dose, flights, age, bee.

Consonant match to tow:
to, tea, tie, two, t, too, toe, tee, tai, ta, toy, tao, thai, ti, te, ter, tay, ty, tu, tye, tae, towe, pty, tue, toye, thuy.

Words that sound like tow:
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