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English

Wikipedia has articles on: Tow (disambiguation)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Old English toġian, from Proto-Germanic *tugōnan (German ziohan), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.

Verb

tow (third-person singular simple present tows, present participle towing, simple past and past participle towed)

  1. (transitive) To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.
Translations
pull something using a line
  • Portuguese: rebocar (pt)
  • Russian: буксировать (ru) (buksírovat') (usually of a vehicle)}, тянуть (ru) (tjanút'), тащить (ru) (taščít')
  • Scottish Gaelic: slaod (gd)
  • Slovak: vliecť (sk), ťahať (sk)
  • Spanish: remolcar (es)

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Tow

Wikipedia tow (plural tows)

  1. The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
  2. Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
  3. Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
  4. A rope or cable used in towing.
Translations
act of towing
  • German: Schleppen (de) n., Abschleppen (de) n.
  • Latvian: vilkšana (lv) f.
  • Polish: holowanie (pl) n.
  • Portuguese: reboque (pt)
  • Russian: буксировка (ru) (buksiróvka) f.
  • Spanish: remolque (es) m.
something that tows
  • German: Schlepper (de) m.
  • Latvian: vilcējs (lv) m.
  • Portuguese: reboque (pt), rebocador (pt)
  • Russian: буксир (ru) (buksír) m., тягач (ru) (tjagáč) m.
  • Spanish: remolque (es) m., remolcador (es) m. (boat)
something that is towed
  • Portuguese: reboque (pt)
cable used in towing
  • Czech: vlečné lano (cs) n.
  • Dutch: sleeptouw (nl) n., trekkabel (nl) m.
  • German: Schlepptau (de) n.
  • Latvian: virve (lv) f.
  • Polish: hol (pl) m.
  • Russian: буксировочный трос (ru) (buksiróvočnyj tros) m.
  • Spanish: remolque (es) m.
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun tow

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; compare Old Norse tó (“uncleansed wool”), Old English tow- (“spinning”) (in compounds, e.g. towcræft, towhūs), perhaps cognate with Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “do, make”)[1].

Noun

tow (plural tows)

  1. An untwisted bundle of fibers such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
bundle of fibers
  • French: étoupe (fr) f.
  • Italian: capecchio (it) m.
  • Latvian: pakulas (lv) f. pl.
  • Polish: pakuły (pl) pl.
  • Romanian: stupă (ro)
  • Russian: пакля (ru) (páklja) f.
  • Slovak: kúdeľ (sk) f., priadza (sk) f.

References

  1. ^ “tow” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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In the composites industry, a tow is an untwisted bundle of continuous filaments, and it refers to man-made fibres, particularly carbon fibres (also called graphite).
from: Wikipedia: tow,
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