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- Dictionarytow/təʊ/
verb
- 1. (of a motor vehicle or boat) pull (another vehicle or boat) along with a rope, chain, or tow bar: "a pickup van towing a trailer"
noun
- 1. an act of towing a vehicle or boat: "the cruiser got a tow from a warship after its engine failed"
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TOW definition: 1. to pull a car, boat, etc. along, fastened behind another vehicle or boat: 2. to take away a…. Learn more.
The meaning of TOW is to draw or pull along behind : haul. How to use tow in a sentence.
Tow definition: to pull or haul (a car, barge, trailer, etc.) by a rope, chain, or other device. See examples of TOW used in a sentence.
TOW meaning: 1. to pull a car, boat, etc. along, fastened behind another vehicle or boat: 2. to take away a…. Learn more.
tow 1. (toʊ) v.t. 1. to pull or haul (a car, barge, trailer, etc.) by a rope, chain, or other device. n. 2. an act or instance of towing. 3. something being towed. 4. something, as a boat or truck, that tows. 5. a rope, chain, metal bar, or other device for towing.
11 meanings: 1. to pull or drag (a vehicle, boat, etc), esp by means of a rope or cable 2. the act or an instance of towing 3..... Click for more definitions.
verb. towed, towing, tows. To pull by a rope or chain. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To pull or drag behind. Webster's New World. To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul. Wiktionary. Synonyms: trail rope cable lug ferry tug draw drag pull haul yank. Antonyms: push. noun. tows. The act or an instance of towing.
To tow something is to drag or pull it, the way a truck will tow your car away if you park it illegally. A boat can tow a smaller boat behind it, and a person can even tow another person: "I had to tow my little brother down the hall by his arm to get him to leave the party."
TOW definition: 1. to pull a car, boat, etc, using a rope or chain connected to another vehicle: 2. If you have…. Learn more.
to pull someone or something in a particular direction or behind you, usually along the ground, and especially with effort: The sack is too heavy to lift—you'll have to drag it.
