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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tow

    One object draws another when it moves it toward itself or in the direction of its own motion by the exertion of adequate force, whether slight or powerful. To attract is to exert a force that tends to draw, tho it may produce no actual motion; all objects are attracted toward the earth, tho they may be sustained from falling. To drag is to draw against strong resistance; as, to drag a sled over bare ground, or a carriage up a steep hill. To pull is to exert a drawing force, whether adequate or inadequate; as, the fish pulls on the line; a dentist pulls a tooth. To tug is to draw, or try to draw, a resisting object with a continuous straining motion; as, to tug at the oar. To haul is to draw somewhat slowly a heavy object; as, to haul a seine; to haul logs. One vessel tows another. In the figurative sense, attract is more nearly akin to incline, draw to induce. We are attracted by one's appearance, drawn to his side. Compare ALLURE; ARRAY; INFLUENCE.

    See synonyms for DRIVE.

    Synonyms:
    allure, attract, drag, draw, entice, haul, incline, induce, lead, lure, pull, tug

    Antonyms:
    alienate, estrange, rebuff, reject, repel, repulse

    Preposition:
    To draw water from or out of the well; draw the boat through the water, to the shore; draw air into the lungs; draw with cords of love; the wagon is drawn by horses, along the road, across the field, over the stones, through the woods, to the barn.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. tow

    Synonyms:
    drag, draw, pull, haul

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tow, towageverb

    the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope

    "the truck gave him a tow to the garage"

    Synonyms:
    towage

  2. towverb

    drag behind

    "Horses used to tow barges along the canal"

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hauling

    exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself

    she hauled the laden basket up the slope

    Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. townoun

    Synonyms:
    refuse flax, hards

  2. towverb

    Synonyms:
    draw (as a vessel, through the water), haul, drag, draw, pull, take in tow

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "tow":

    towing, trailer, tug, towage, towline, tugboat, drag, trawl

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#308096towline

How to use tow in a sentence?

  1. Kelly Hannon:

    We know people have been stopped for extraordinary time periods leading up to these closure areas, but we are clearing trucks one by one to break through this blockage, and we will get to each driver and restore traffic flow, crews continue to work intensely to tow vehicles that are stuck and blocking the interstate near mile markers 136 in Stafford County, and then plow and treat the interstate to prevent follow-on crashes.

  2. Bart Graves:

    The tanker was heavily damaged in the rear so we had( to) pump out the liquid into the median so the tanker could be lifted onto a tow truck.

  3. Kelly Hannon:

    Crews continue to work intensely to tow vehicles that are stuck and blocking the interstate near mile markers 136 in Stafford County, and then plow and treat the interstate to prevent follow-on crashes, this is also occurring where traffic remains stopped on Interstate 95 northbound at mile marker 117 in Spotsylvania County.

  4. Emily Ferris:

    Then it meant that it was tricky to tow the tanks back to Russia for repairs, because they were far away, and so a lot of them were abandoned. Lots of their equipment started breaking because the tanks can only take so much moving around, and, of course, you have the very well-documented resistance from local Ukrainians, who didn't take too well to being occupied.

  5. June Cvelbar:

    I don’t remember anything like this — especially everybody walking away. I mean that’s the amazing part of this. i saw two planes in the sky. I saw a larger green plane, which I thought was a tow plane, along with what I thought was a glider being towed by it. I heard a noise but didn’t realize that the two planes had collided.


Translations for tow

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  • remolcarCatalan, Valencian
  • vlečné lano, táhnout, vléciCzech
  • Schleppen, Schlepptau, Abschleppen, SchlepperGerman
  • ρυμουλκώGreek
  • remolque, remolcador, remolcarSpanish
  • hinataFinnish
  • remorquage, remorquer, étoupe, tracterFrench
  • slaodScottish Gaelic
  • abordelar, solear, remolcarGalician
  • capecchioItalian
  • vilcējs, virve, pakulas, vilkšanaLatvian
  • ngai, tō, taki, pūngahungahu, pāreteMāori
  • trekkabel, sleeptouwDutch
  • pakuły, holowanie, hol, holowaćPolish
  • rebocar, rebocador, reboquePortuguese
  • stupăRomanian
  • буксиро́вка, тяну́ть, букси́р, букси́ровать, тяга́ч, буксиро́вочный трос, па́кля, тащи́тьRussian
  • vliecť, ťahať, kúdeľ, priadzaSlovak
  • yedekte çekmekTurkish

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