tow

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue.
2. (usually) 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. (countable, uncountable) An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.
2. (countable, specifically, uncountable) The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).

Concepts

remorquer

traîner

tirer

étoupe

trainer

remorquage

tracter

remorque

tirage

filasse

prendre en remorque

haler

remorquez

remorquent

Synonymes

drag

pull

haul

tug

draw

oakum

trail

towage

towing

carry

traction

draught

drawl

draft

drag along

fire

🔥

hards

hitch

lead

pulling

shoot

twitch

tow-line

draw in

hauling

have in tow

hemp

tow-rope

kedge

stroke

lint

lug

move

draw back

play

dragging

pull back

draw along

pull out

pull up

retract

swimming stroke

stretch

take

taxis

temptation

tie

convey

conduct

combings

Traductions

schleppen

rimorchiare

trekken

remolcar

remolque

trainare

arrastrar

boegseren

abschleppen

rebocar

rimorchio

Werg

reboque

remolcar

slepen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

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Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: towen

Hérité de ancien anglais: togian

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: zogen

Appartenant à allemand: ziehen

Appartenant à néerlandais: tijgen

Appartenant à vieux norrois: toga

Hérité de moyen anglais: touw

Hérité de ancien anglais:

Appartenant à vieux norrois: tó

Appartenant à néerlandais: touw

Appartenant à ancien anglais: tawian

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽

In summary

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.