Tow

Definitions

1. The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
2. An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.
   countable, uncountable
3. Initialism of tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided: a kind of antitank missile.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. A surname.
5. Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
6. The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).
   countable, specifically, uncountable
7. Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
8. A rope or cable used in towing.
9. A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.

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Examples

“It isn't the car's battery; I think⟳ I need⟳ a tow.”

“On Saturday, Vettel was very unhappy with Leclerc's failure to work⟳ out a way through the traffic and give⟳ him a tow for the second runs in qualifying, as had been agreed.”

“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.”

“The American-made TOW antitank missiles began arriving in the region in 2013, through a covert program⟳ run⟳ by the United States, Saudi Arabia and other allies to help⟳ certain C.I.A.-vetted insurgent groups battle the Syrian government.”

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