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v. To draw or pull behind by a chain or line: a tugboat towing a barge. See Synonyms at pull.

n. The act or an instance of towing.

n. The condition of being towed: a car with a trailer in tow.

n. Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

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

n. A rope or cable used in towing.

idiom. in tow Under close guidance; in one's charge: The new student was taken in tow by a peer counselor.

idiom. in tow As a companion or follower: came to dinner with a friend in tow.

n. Coarse broken flax or hemp fiber prepared for spinning. See Regional Note at gunnysack.

v. To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.

n. The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

n. Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

n. Something, such as a barge, that is towed.

n. A rope or cable used in towing.

n. An untwisted bundle of fibers such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

n. A rope.

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

n. 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.

An obsolete or dialectal form of tough.

n. the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope

v. drag behind

"The plot, about police investigator Stewart trying to nab a criminal while being unlawfully pursued with daffy poetess Colbert in tow, is too lightweight — and the characters spend too much time pointlessly arguing — for me to care."

towed    towing    tows   

draw    haulage    haul   

draw    ground tow    tap of tow    scutching-tow   

taw   

towed    towing    tow haired    towhead   

draw    drag   

Au    Beau    Bio    Bo    Bordeaux    Boudreaux    Bow    Cloe    Co    Cousteau   

hemp    flax    wool    cotton