tow

tow is a 3-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
2. transitive verb. To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.
3. transitive verb. A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.
4. transitive verb. The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.
5. transitive verb. That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.
6. noun. 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

7. verb. drag behind

   "Horses used to tow barges along the canal"

Synonyms

towage

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tow:

owt, two, wot, wto

Common word forms

tows, towed, tower, towing, towable

Words from these letters

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