tow

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue.
2. To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.

Noun

1. The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
2. Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
3. Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
4. A rope or cable used in towing.
5. A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.

Noun

1. An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.
2. The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/təʊ/

Etimologie (Engels)

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.