tow1
v.
use a vehicle or boat to pull (another vehicle or boat) along.
n.
an act of towing.
Phrase
- in tow
-
(also on tow)
being towed.
- accompanying or following someone.
Derivative
Etymology
OE togian ‘draw, drag’, of Gmc origin; rel. to tug.
tow2
n.
- the coarse and broken part of flax or hemp prepared for spinning.
- a bundle of untwisted natural or man-made fibres.
Derivative
Etymology
OE (recorded in towcræft ‘spinning’), of Gmc origin.
