Tow : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Tow	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tow n the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope; "the truck gave him a tow to the garage" Synonym(s): tow, towage v drag behind; "Horses used to tow barges along the canal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tow \Tow\, n. [OE. tow, AS. tow, akin to OD. touw, Icel. [?] a tuft of wool for spinning; cf. E. taw, v.t.] The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tow \Tow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Towed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Towing}.] [OE. towen, to[?]en; akin to OFries. toga to pull about, OHG. zog[d3]n, Icel. toga, AS. tohline a towline, and AS.te[a2]n to draw, p. p. getogen. See {Tug}] To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tow \Tow\, n. [Cf. Icel. taug a rope, from the same root as E. tow, v. t.] 1. A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope. 2. The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow. 3. That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tow, TX Zip code(s): 78672
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Tow (Judg. 16:9). See {FLAX}.