tow

🇺🇸 /təʊ/ 🇬🇧 /təʊ/
Frequency
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verb
R

to pull a vehicle or boat behind another using a rope or chain

The truck will tow your car to the repair shop.

R

to pull someone along with you

She had to tow her little brother through the crowded market.

noun
R

the act of pulling one vehicle with another using a rope or chain

When our car stopped working, we called for a tow.

translation

v. to pull a vehicle or boat behind another using a rope or chain; to pull someone along with you
n. the act of pulling one vehicle with another using a rope or chain

Word Forms

3rd Present tows
Progressive towing
Past towed
Perfect towed
Plural tows