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Vinony

tow

verb

  1. to pull something on a rope
  2. (try to) cause motion, cause motion
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noun

  1. untwisted, rope-like bundle of continuous filaments synthetic fibers
  2. (try to) cause motion, cause motion
L329476 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /təʊ/ / /toʊ/ / /taʊ/ / /to/

name

Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Tough, from the adjective tough. Also compare the Scottish surname Tulloch. * As a Chinese surname, converged from several Romanizations, such as 陶 (Dao), 曹 (cáo) (Cao), 杜 (dù) (Du), 蘇 /苏 (sū) (Su).

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English touw, from Old English tow- (“spinning”) (in compounds, e.g. towcræft, towhūs, towlic), from Proto-Germanic *tawwą; compare Old Norse tó (“uncleansed wool”), Dutch touw (“rope”). Perhaps cognate with Old English tawian (“prepare for use”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “do, make”).

  1. An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

    “And the strong shall be as towe, and the maker of it as a sparke, and they shall both burne together, and none shall quench them.”

    “Meanwhile the farmer's wife was at home all alone, and while she was sitting and spinning her tow, she never noticed a Troll who had crept through the window into the next room, and was at the beer barrel drawing off the liquor into his copper kettle.”

  2. The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).

phrase

  1. Initialism of The One with ... or The One Where ...: used to refer to episodes of the American television sitcom Friends.

    “TOW the Prom Video”

    “Yay! It's coming out this Friday! Staring Jennifer Aniston, Ben Stiller (played the Rachel's boyfriend in TOW The Screamer), Hank Azaria (David) and Debra Messing...3 Friends people. Looks funny.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English towen, from Old English togian, from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. See also Middle High German zogen, German ziehen, Dutch tijgen, Old Norse toga.

  1. To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue.

    “Near-synonyms: draw, haul, pull, trail”

    “In its current specification it cannot be driven and must be towed to its work location by a locomotive.”

  2. To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.