Definition of Tow

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Definition of Tow

Tow

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

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

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

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

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

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Tow Quotations

They had some really cool rigged cars and things that were different that they would tow behind the camera car that were actually on these trailers that manipulated side to side and stuff like they were getting hit, and actually put the actor right in the middle of the chase.
David R. Ellis

Having covered some half a hundred cities, towns, villages, and wide spots in the road during the last tow years, George and I fairly wallowed in the comfort of our own home base.
Martin Milner

We also own a little boat and I'm like a kid with it. I take off early in the morning, fishing rod in tow, and just drift about the ocean all day.
Perry Como

Tow Translations

tow in Afrikaans is sleep
tow in Dutch is boegseren, trekken, slepen
tow in Finnish is laahata
tow in German is abschleppen, schleppen, schleppen
tow in Italian is trascinare, trascinare, estrassi
tow in Portuguese is reboque
tow in Spanish is arrastrar, extraer, remolcar
tow in Swedish is bogsering, bogsera

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