What does TOW mean?

Definitions for TOW
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tow, towageverb

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

    "the truck gave him a tow to the garage"

  2. towverb

    drag behind

    "Horses used to tow barges along the canal"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Townoun

    Flax or hemp beaten and combed into a filamentous substance.

    Etymology: tow , Saxon.

    Tow twisted round the handle of an instrument makes it easier to be held. Samuel Sharp.

  2. To Towverb

    To draw by a rope, particularly through the water.

    Etymology: teon, teohan , Saxon, to lead; toghen, old Dutch.

    Thou knew’st too well
    My heart was to thy rudder ty’d by th’ string,
    And thou should’st tow me after. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

    The seamen towed, and I shoved, till we arrived. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. tow

    Tow refers to the act of pulling or dragging something, typically a vehicle, boat, or other heavy object, using a rope, chain or tow bar, often by another vehicle or vessel. This action is performed when the object in question is not able to move or function under its own power. Tow can also refer to the act of being pulled or the condition of being towed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Townoun

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

  2. Towverb

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

  3. Towverb

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

  4. Towverb

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

  5. Towverb

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

Wikidata

  1. Tow

    In the composites industry, a tow is an untwisted bundle of continuous filaments, and it refers to man-made fibres, particularly carbon fibres. Tows are designated by the number of fibers they contain. For example, a 12K tow contains about 12,000 fibres. In the textile industry, a tow is a coarse, broken fibre such as flax, hemp, or jute. Flax tows are often used as upholstery stuffing, and tows in general are frequently cut up to produce staple fibre.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tow

    tō, v.t. to pull a vessel through the water with a rope.—n. originally a rope for towing with: the coarse part of flax or hemp: the act of towing.—ns. Tow′age, act of towing: money for towing; Tow′-boat, a boat that is towed, or one used for towing other vessels.—n.pl. Tow′ing-bitts, upright timbers projecting above the deck for fastening tow-lines to.—ns. Tow′ing-net, a drag-net for collecting objects of natural history, &c.; Tow′ing-path, Tow′-path, a path, generally by the side of a canal or river, for horses towing barges; Tow′-ī′ron, a toggle-iron used in whaling; Tow′line, a line used in towing.—adj. Tow′y, like tow. [A.S. teóhan, teón. Cf. Tug.]

Editors Contribution

  1. towadjective

    house maid

    for houces


    Submitted by rady90 on August 22, 2022  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TOW

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tow is ranked #15355 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Tow surname appeared 1,910 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Tow.

    78.6% or 1,503 total occurrences were White.
    13.7% or 262 total occurrences were Asian.
    3.6% or 70 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.1% or 41 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1% or 20 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.7% or 14 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of TOW in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of TOW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of TOW in a Sentence

  1. Emily Ferris:

    Then it meant that it was tricky to tow the tanks back to Russia for repairs, because they were far away, and so a lot of them were abandoned. Lots of their equipment started breaking because the tanks can only take so much moving around, and, of course, you have the very well-documented resistance from local Ukrainians, who didn't take too well to being occupied.

  2. Rami Abdulrahman:

    The TOW had a primary role, along with the foreign fighters.

  3. Marie Yovanovitch:

    Like so many, including those in the Ukrainian-American community, my parents lives were changed forever by Communist and Nazi regimes, they survived poverty, war and displacement, and finally arrived in the United States, with me in tow, in search of freedom, opportunity, dignity and accountability.

  4. Jerry Pacheco:

    Here we are growing companies and growing jobs and everything is great. We added another industrial park with job prospects in tow and then all this happens.

  5. Kelly Hannon:

    Crews continue to work intensely to tow vehicles that are stuck and blocking the interstate near mile markers 136 in Stafford County, and then plow and treat the interstate to prevent follow-on crashes, this is also occurring where traffic remains stopped on Interstate 95 northbound at mile marker 117 in Spotsylvania County.

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Translations for TOW

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  • remolcarCatalan, Valencian
  • vlečné lano, táhnout, vléciCzech
  • Schleppen, Schlepptau, Abschleppen, SchlepperGerman
  • ρυμουλκώGreek
  • remolque, remolcador, remolcarSpanish
  • hinataFinnish
  • remorquage, remorquer, étoupe, tracterFrench
  • slaodScottish Gaelic
  • abordelar, solear, remolcarGalician
  • capecchioItalian
  • vilcējs, virve, pakulas, vilkšanaLatvian
  • ngai, tō, taki, pūngahungahu, pāreteMāori
  • trekkabel, sleeptouwDutch
  • pakuły, holowanie, hol, holowaćPolish
  • rebocar, rebocador, reboquePortuguese
  • stupăRomanian
  • буксиро́вка, тяну́ть, букси́р, букси́ровать, тяга́ч, буксиро́вочный трос, па́кля, тащи́тьRussian
  • vliecť, ťahať, kúdeľ, priadzaSlovak
  • yedekte çekmekTurkish

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