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What (who) is tow - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
TOW (disambiguation); TOW
TOW
![trailer]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boat on trailer Memphis TN 2013-07-28 004.jpg?width=200 "trailer]]")
![Travel trailers are a familiar type of [[recreational vehicle]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HRV WC SD TT 2011Ext 02.jpg?width=200 "Travel trailers are a familiar type of [[recreational vehicle]]")
![Heavy-duty sling type boom [[tow truck]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heavy Boom Truck.jpg?width=200 "Heavy-duty sling type boom [[tow truck]]")
![Tank recovery vehicles]] are designed to pull very heavy loads in all conditions, including battle](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M32-ARV-HVSS-latrun-1.jpg?width=200 "Tank recovery vehicles]] are designed to pull very heavy loads in all conditions, including battle")
![Sailors tow a [[V-22 Osprey]] to a pier at [[Naval Station Norfolk]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US Navy 090811-N-5257L-001 Navy cargo personnel from Handling Battalion 11 of Jacksonville, Fla., participate in the loading of the Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at pier seven, Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk.jpg?width=200 "Sailors tow a [[V-22 Osprey]] to a pier at [[Naval Station Norfolk]]")
TRANSPORTING AN ITEM OR ITEMS THAT ARE COUPLED TO A VEHICLE OR PACK ANIMAL(S) BY MEANS OF TENSION ELEMENTS
Towing Safety; Towing capacity; Predatory towing; Towing away cars; Tows; Towed; In tow; Tow; Towrope
¦ abbreviation tube-launched, optically guided, wire-guided (missile).
tow
TRANSPORTING AN ITEM OR ITEMS THAT ARE COUPLED TO A VEHICLE OR PACK ANIMAL(S) BY MEANS OF TENSION ELEMENTS
Towing Safety; Towing capacity; Predatory towing; Towing away cars; Tows; Towed; In tow; Tow; Towrope
(tows, towing, towed)
1.
If one vehicle tows another, it pulls it along behind it.
He had been using the vehicle to tow his work trailer...
They threatened to tow away my car...
The British navy boarded the vessel and towed it to New York.
VERB: V n, V n with adv, V n prep
2.
If you have someone in tow, they are following you closely because you are looking after them or you are leading them somewhere. (INFORMAL)
There she was on my doorstep with child in tow...
PHRASE: with n PHR, PHR after v
tow
TRANSPORTING AN ITEM OR ITEMS THAT ARE COUPLED TO A VEHICLE OR PACK ANIMAL(S) BY MEANS OF TENSION ELEMENTS
Towing Safety; Towing capacity; Predatory towing; Towing away cars; Tows; Towed; In tow; Tow; Towrope
I
n.
1) a ski tow
2) to take (a ship) in tow
II
v.
1) (D; tr.) to tow into (to tow a barge into a port)
2) (D; tr.) to tow out of (to tow a boat out of a harbor)
3) (D; tr.) to tow to (to tow a car to a garage)
Wikipedia
Tow (disambiguation)
To tow something is to pull it using a line or chain.
Tow or TOW may also refer to:
Examples of use of tow
1. GRESHAM, Ore. –– A tow truck driver upset over a recent ticket tried to tow a police cruiser, authorities said.
2. Tow surfers also diligently practice jet ski rescues –– a fact that has, to date, meant no tow–in surfing deaths.
3. There were so many voters, police threatened to tow cars.
4. Bob Menendez and former Cabinet secretary Henry Cisneros in tow.
5. A tow truck and police vehicles were alongside the canal, and divers appeared to try to hook a tow line from the truck to something in the water.