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verb | noun towtow1 /toʊ/ ●○○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYtow1Origin: Old English togian VERB TABLEtow |
Present | I, you, we, they | tow | | he, she, it | tows | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | towed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have towed | | he, she, it | has towed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had towed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will tow | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have towed |
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Present | I | am towing | | he, she, it | is towing | | you, we, they | are towing | Past | I, he, she, it | was towing | | you, we, they | were towing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been towing | | he, she, it | has been towing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been towing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be towing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been towing |
THESAURUSmove somebody/something toward you► pull to use your hands to make someone or something move toward you or in the direction of your hand: He grabbed the handle and pulled hard. Mom, Ellie’s pulling my hair! ► tug to pull something suddenly with a quick, often repeated, movement: The little boy was tugging at her sleeve. ► drag to pull something along the ground, especially because it is too heavy to carry: We had to drag the mattress into the room. ► haul to pull something big and heavy using a lot of effort, especially using a rope: Fishermen hauled in their nets full of fish. ► tow to pull a vehicle along, using a rope or chain: The pickup truck in front of us was towing a boat. ► draw to pull something or someone gently in a particular direction. Used especially in writing: He put his arm around her and drew her closer. 1 to pull a vehicle or ship along behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain ► see thesaurus at pull12 (also tow away) to remove a car by towing it, especially when it has been parked illegally: If you leave your car there, they’ll tow it. verb | noun towtow2 noun 1in tow informal following closely behind: Hannah arrived with her four kids in tow.2[countable] an act of pulling a vehicle behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain3under tow being pulled by another ship or boat4take something in tow to connect a rope or a chain to a vehicle or ship so that it can be towed |