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   Tow

   /tō/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of a motor vehicle or boat) pull (another vehicle or boat) along with a rope, chain, or tow bar: "a pickup van towing a trailer"
   • ▪ (of a person) pull (someone or something) along behind one: "she saw Frank towing Nicky along by the hand"

   noun

   • 1. an act of towing a vehicle or boat: "the cruiser got a tow from a warship after its engine failed"
   • ▪ a rope or line used to tow a vehicle or boat.

   Word Origin Old Englishtogian ‘draw, drag’, of Germanic origin; related to tug. The noun dates from the early 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. towable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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