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Another word for tow

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Verb

  1. To exert force so as to move (something) toward the source of the force

      1. To pull or draw with force or effort, esp. along the ground; haul
      2. To bring up or catch by such means.
      3. To draw on a cigarette, pipe, or cigar.
      1. To pull in (a dragnet, etc.)
      2. To compose or write out in legal format:
      3. To bring about deliberately; provoke:
      1. To pull or drag forcibly:
      2. To pull with force; move by pulling or drawing; tug; drag
      3. To pull; tug
      1. (Slang) To draw out (a weapon) in readiness for use:
      2. To draw out; pluck out; extract
      3. (Dial.) To draw the entrails from (a fowl)
      1. To pull something vigorously or repeatedly:
      2. To drag; haul
      3. To pull at vigorously or repeatedly:
    See also:

    push

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Another word for tow

Verb
      1. To pull or drag forcibly:
      2. To pull with force; move by pulling or drawing; tug; drag
      3. To pull; tug
      1. To apply force to (something) so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the source of the force:
      2. To be capable of being pulled
      3. (Slang) To draw out (a weapon) in readiness for use:
      1. To bring (a subject) into conversation, a piece of writing, etc. unnecessarily or as if by force
      2. To bring up or catch by such means.
      3. To be prolonged tediously; move or pass too slowly
      1. To deliver (a vehicle, especially an aircraft) under its own power to its eventual user.
      2. To cross (a body of water) by a ferry.
      3. To take (people, cars, etc.) across a river or narrow body of water in a boat, raft, etc.
      1. To move along by jerks or as if under a heavy burden.
      2. To carry or drag laboriously (something heavy)
      3. (Horse Racing) To veer slightly from a direct course
      1. To jerk
      2. To pull on something suddenly.
      3. To pull with a quick, strong movement; jerk:
      1. To pull something vigorously or repeatedly:
      2. To drag; haul
      3. To pull at vigorously or repeatedly:
    See also:

    draw

    pull

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Sentence Examples

  • Said he'd cut it on his tow bar.

  • Carmen's truck broke down and I'm going to tow it home for her.

  • A tow truck had already arrived and its flashing lights competed with a half dozen others while at least a dozen people moved about, with most of their activity directed downward.

  • The Columbia plateau consists of horizontal beds of lava having a total thickness of several thousand feet, and its surface has a general elevation of tow to 2000 ft.

  • 276-324), a celebrated antiquary who recognized in the adjacent mountain peaks a correspondence with the stars in the constellation of the Great Bear, from which circumstance the town was first known as the Tow or Great Bear city.

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