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Synonyms for tow

Grammar : Verb
Spell : toh
Phonetic Transcription : toÊŠ

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Définition of tow

Origin :
  • "pull with a rope," Old English togian "to drag, pull," from Proto-Germanic *tugojanan (cf. Old English teon "to draw," Old Frisian togia "to pull about," Old Norse toga, Old High German zogon, German ziehen "to draw, pull, drag"), from PIE root *deuk- "to pull, draw" (cf. Latin ducere "to lead;" see duke (n.)). Related: Towed; towing. The noun meaning "act or fact of being towed" is recorded from 1620s. Towaway, in reference to parking zones, is recorded from 1956.
  • verb pull along
Example sentences :
  • They behaved precisely as if I had a girl in tow and wanted to be left alone.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • But the frigate which had her in tow hove in stays, and got her round.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • Josie Lockwood rustles into hearing with Bessie Gabriel in tow.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • There was a tow which came out when it was swingled, called swingle tow.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
  • Tow awoke with a start about four, and sprang to the window.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • Heaven only knows what match it was that had set the tow alight.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "I guess we can tow him out, sir," growled Greer with dull indifference.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • An attempt to tow the dock will be highly adventurous, no doubt dangerous.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • She's got eyes like gimlet holes, and her hair's the color of tow.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • A boat'll sheer all over creation if you tow her with a fellow in the bow.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 » by Various

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