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Definition: Tow |
TowNoun1. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope; "the truck gave him a tow to the garage". Verb1. Drag behind; "Horses used to tow barges along the canal". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Tow (Judg. 16:9). See FLAX. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Industry | Waste of true hemp and of flax. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Short, tangled, broken fiber less than 10 inches long removed in scutching and hackling. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Sports & Leisure | The controlled movement(near constant velocity)of a canopy through a fluid medium by a powered vehicle, normally an aircraft. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The TOW was first produced in 1970 and is the most widely used anti-tank missile in the world.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TOW | English | Tube-Launched,Optically tracked,Wire-guided antitank missiles | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: TowSynonym: towage (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aid | Verb: aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid; come to the aid; n. of; contribute, subscribe to; bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid; Noun: give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand; give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn; take by the hand, take in tow;help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to. |
Regression | Verb: draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train; take in tow. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I was hoping to get one that wasn't attached to a tow truck. (The Naked Truth; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tow Service (1926) Bad Day for a Tow (2002) TOW Short Range Evaluation (1979) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | M2-F1 in Tow. Credit: NASA. |  | Paresev 1-A and Tow Plane with Crew and Pilot. Credit: NASA. |
 | Waiting for a tow at the end of the flight Cooperative use of a Navy Air Service float plane for photographic duty. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Coast Guard PBY hitching a tow after landing. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Cod end coming aboard at the end of a tow. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Checking speed and distance towed sensor in Bongo nets after a tow. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Chief Boatwain Nutting reading wire angle during Bongo net tow. Credit: Fisheries. |  | General Vessel Assistant King runs winch and Chief Boatswain Nutting reads wire angle during bongo tow operations. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Deep Tow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Chief Scientists Dick Hey and Bob Tyce. Cruise to the propagating rift on the Galapagos Ridge. On R/V THOMAS WASHINGTON. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 6. De Guerne bucket biologic sample recovery unit devised by Baron Jules De Guerne about 1893. a collaborator with Prince Albert I of Monaco. Use of this instrument depended on which type of net was used and how long the tow. It is almost certain that this instrument existed in this form by 1893. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A coarse tow apron covered half the skirt. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Set your hips and tow it along, like a work horse. |
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Business | Also, through a cooperative agreement with the USG, U.S. defense contractors and the China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC), seven PFG-2 frigates have been constructed, with an 8th ship to begin construction in 2001. The PFG-2 is virtually identical to the Perry Class FFG-7 in use in the U.S Navy. Taiwan's Army (TA) and Air Force have purchased from the United States AH-1W and OH-58D helicopters, Patriot-based air-defense missile systems, Avenger and Dual Mounted Stinger surface-to-air missiles, TOW anti-tank missile systems, Harpoon, advanced targeting and radar systems for fighter jets, electronic warfare devices, and M60A3 tanks. (references) | |
Economic History | Egypt | Egyptian Land Forces: spare parts and major assembly support for M1A1 tanks, M60 series tanks, M113 series APCs, M109A2 SP artillery pieces, M88 recovery vehicles, TOW, TPQ-37 radars, radios, and numerous tactical wheeled vehicles. (references) |
Egypt | Additional procurement of command and control equipment, M1A1 tanks, M88A2 recovery vehicles, HMMWV's and other light wheeled vehicles, MLRS, TOW Missiles, large and small caliber ammunition, Night Vision Equipment, EW Equipment, chemical defense equipment, ambulances, ground surveillance radars, and driving simulators; as well as a second National Training Center and computerized war-gaming center. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tow" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.63% of the time. "Tow" is used about 363 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 71.63% | 260 | 18,316 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 18.18% | 66 | 41,290 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.86% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.31% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Unclassified Items | 1.65% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (common) | 1.38% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 363 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "tow" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Tow | Last name | 1,000 | 16,310 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Japan | Tow Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Tow, TX |
Expressions using "tow": be in tow ♦ crash tow bar ♦ have in tow ♦ in tow ♦ on tow ♦ rope tow ♦ ski tow ♦ Swingling tow ♦ take a car in tow ♦ take in tow ♦ take tow ♦ tow away ♦ tow away zone ♦ tow car ♦ tow cotton ♦ tow in ♦ tow rope ♦ tow truck. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tow": tow-away, tow-ball, tow-bar, tow-barge, tow-boat, tow-bracket, tow-carbon, tow-coloured, Tow-head, tow-headed, tow-headed snake, tow-level, tow-lift, tow-lifts, tow-like, tow-line, tow-line rope, tow-path, tow-rope, tow-ropes, tow-start, tow-truck, tow-trucks. | |
Ending with "tow": kow-tow. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tow truck | 743 | tow tractor | 36 |
tow bar | 330 | dolly rental tow | 36 |
tow dolly | 306 | car tow dolly | 35 |
tow truck for sale | 159 | tow trailer | 32 |
bar jeep tandem tow | 150 | tow truck insurance | 30 |
tow | 127 | times tow | 30 |
sea tow | 118 | tow rope | 29 |
tow hitch | 108 | tow motor | 27 |
used tow truck | 87 | jeep tow bar | 26 |
tow hitches | 68 | package tow | 26 |
blue ox tow bar | 57 | used tow dolly | 25 |
sales tow truck | 50 | tow dolly for sale | 25 |
tow vehicle | 47 | sale tow truck used | 24 |
tow car | 44 | tow mirror | 23 |
tow rating | 42 | rv tow vehicle | 23 |
master tow | 40 | complaint tow yard | 22 |
roadmaster tow bar | 40 | missile tow | 20 |
tow strap | 37 | tow boat | 20 |
picture tow truck | 37 | dollys tow | 20 |
tow hook | 36 | camel tow | 20 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "tow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | sleep (drag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | teleski, teleferik për skiatore, tërheqje (affinity, allurement, appeal, appetence, appetency, attraction, attractiveness, crush, draw, drawing, enchantment, enticement, haul, jerk, lure, magnetization, pull, pullback, recall, recession, recoil, retirement, retraction, retreat, revocation, strain, stretch, traction, tug, withdrawal), tërheq (allure, appeal, arrest, attract, bewitch, call attention to, capture, catch, charm, daggle, dangle, decoy, drag, draggle, draw, draw out, engage, entice, fetch, fix, haul, heave, invite, jerk, lure, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull out, recall, retract, revoke, stretch, take back, tug, web, withdraw), shtupë (plug, sponge, stopgap, stopper, stupe, swab, swob, wad, washcloth, wiper), shtëllungë (bushy, cloud, Eddy, fleece, hank, plume), rimorkioj (tug), rimorkim (towage, towing, tug), rimorkiator (tow-boat, tugboat), makinë e rimorkuar, kavo rimorkimi (towing line, towing rope, towline, towrope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نسالة الكتان, نسالة الخيوط (thrum), قطر (country, distil, dribble, drip, drop, land, percolate, rain, region, territory, towing, trail, trickle, tug), حبل أو سلسلة للجر, سحب سيارة أو باخرة, سحب (call, dash, disengage, draft, drag, dragging, draught, draw, drawing, drawing out, hang fire, haul, heave, lug, pull, recall, recant, retreat, revoke, revulsion, run, strain, take back, take off, traction, trail, train, tug, withdraw, withdrawal), جر (drag, dragging, draw, draw out, entrain, lug, pull, purchase, retrieve, sweeping, traction, trail, train, trill), إنقاد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ски-влек (ski tow), скивлек, тегля кораб с въжета от брега, теглене (draft, drag, draught, draw, drawing, haul, haulage, lug, pull, towage, towing, traction, tug), шлеп (barge, keel, scow), кораб взет на буксир, въже за теглене (tow rope, towing line, towing rope, tow-line), верига за теглене (tow rope, towing line, towing rope, tow-line), влачене (crawl, haul, haulage, lug, shuffle, towage, traction), влача кораб с въжета от брега. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | remolcar (drag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 拖車 , 拖船 , 拖曳 (shuffle, Shuffled, shuffling, Towed, Towing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | závìs (curtain, hinge), vlek (towage, trailer), vleèení (haul, traction), vléci (drag, drag along, haul, heave, lug across, pull, trail, tug), odtáhnout (drag somewhere, troop, troop away, withdraw), koudel (oakum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | blår (hards, reed), affald af hamp og hør (hards). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | trekken (attract, bend, design, drag, draw, haul, limp, make a draft, make a stroke, migrate, pull, roam, tug, wander, wander about), slepen (drag), boegseren (drag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | treni (drag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | sleipa (drag), hála (drag, draw, haul, pull, tug), draga (drag, draw, haul, pull, tug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | یدک کشی , یدک کش (Tug), پس مانده الیاف کتان یاشاهدانه , هردوتا, زنجیر (Bond, Catena, Curb, Hobble, Link, Manacle, Sling), طناب (Line, Reeve, Rope), دونوع , دوقسم , دوتا (Couple, Double, Geminate, Twin), دوبار (Twice), دو, باطناب بدنبال کشیدن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | laahata (drag, trail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | remorquer (take in tow, tow off), étoupe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schleppen (be carrying, drag, dragging, haul, haul up, haulage, heave, hump, lug, schlep, schlepp, tote, towing, trail, wear continually), Werg (oakum), abschleppen (drag along, drag off, frogmarch, haul away, haul off, hook up, impound, take in tow, to tow, to tow off, tow away, tow off, towing, tug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στουπί (lint, oakum, wad, wadding, without juice), ρυμουλκώ (haul, kedge, tug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | למשוך (attract, drag, draw, extend, pull, strain, stretch, tempt), ל'רור (drag, draw, grate, haul, involve, pull, trail, tug), 'ריר" (drag, haul). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vontatókötél (drag, guess-rope, hawser, painter, tow rope, towing line, towing rope, tow-line, warp), uszály (barge, ferry scow, float, pram, scow, tail, trail, train), kóc (Hards, oakum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menggandeng (hold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stoppa (hards). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 麻屑 (oakum), 牽引 (drag, hauling, pull). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あさくず (oakum), け"い" (drag, hauling, pull, seal of approval). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 우. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thowal (haulage), tead tayrnee (heaving line, warp), tayrn (brew of tea; designing, brew; designing, carry, carrying, cart; get out; draw, deracinate, describe; attract, draft, drag, draw along, drawing, haul, haulage, heave, hitch, induce; tap, induce; tap as barrel, lure, pluck, pull, pulling, suction, towing, trace, tracing; quartering, trawl, tug, tugging, yank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owtay reboque (caravan, dragline, haulage, hauling, tow truck, towage, towing, trailer, tug), estopa (bagging, cotton waste, oakum, scutch, waste). (various references) reboque (tow truck, towing), rebocar (to tow). (various references) trage la edec (haul), remorcare (tug), remorcã, fuior (distaff, flax), calafat, câlţi (oakum). (various references) трос (cable, hawser, rope), тащить (daggle, drag, draw, haul, lug, manhandle, pull, schlepp, tote, toted, toting, tug), кудель, канат (cable, hawser, rope, tightrope), очески льна, буксировка (towage, towaway, towing), буксировать (trail, tugged), буксирный канат, буксир (tow rope, towbar, towboat, tow-boat, towing line, towing rope, towline, tow-line, towrope, tracker, tug, tugboat, tugger), пакля (oakum). (various references) ascart. (various references) tegliti (drag in, haul, heft, lug across, trawl, tug), vuča (draft, pull, towage, towing, traction, tug), vući (drag, draw, haul, lug, pull, shuffle, toil, trail, tug, yank), remorkirati, kučina (hards, oakum, wad), šleper (billy-boy, tugboat). (various references) remolcar (drag, tow away, tug), estopa (burlap, oakum). (various references) bogsering (haul, towing), bogsera (tug). (various references) yedekte çekmek (take in tow), yedekte çekme, yedekte çekilme, yanında gezdirmek (have in tow), keten ve kendir lifleri, kıtık (cotton waste, flax waste), çekmek (abide, absorb, arrest, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamor, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, grip, haul, heave, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, invite, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, pull up, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, stretch, suck, suffer, sustain, syphon, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, whisk, withdraw), çekici ile çekmek. (various references) tartmak (draw, pull), зekmek (draw, pull). (various references) тягти (drag, draggle, draw, drawl, haul, lug, pluck, protract, pug, pull, rush, trail), линва, буксирувати (haul, tug), буксирування (haulage, towage, towing), буксирне судно. (various references) sự lai (towage), kiểm soát ai. (various references) carth (oakum, off-scouring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gid. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | stuppa, stuppae. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | acumba. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 1, Verse 31 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai estai h iscuV autwn wV kalamh stippuou kai ai ergasiai autwn wV spinqhreV puroV kai katakauqhsontai oi anomoi kai oi amartwloi ama kai ouk estai o sbeswn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et erit fortitudo vestra ut favilla stuppae et opus vestrum quasi scintilla et succendetur utrumque simul et non erit qui extinguat |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And youre strengthe shal ben as a `deed sparke of a flax top, and youre werk as a sparcle; and eithir shal be brend vp togidere, and ther shal not ben that quenche. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the strong will be as food for the fire, and his work as a flame; and they will be burned together, with no one to put out the fire. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 1, Verse 31 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang kusgan mahasama sa gumon, ug ang iyang buhat sama sa usa ka aligato, ug silang duha mangasunog, ug walay makapalong kanila. |
| Croatian | Junak æe biti kuèina, a iskra djelo njegovo, zajedno æe izgorjeti, a nikoga da ugasi. |
| Danish | Den stærke bliver til Blår, hans Værk til en Gnist; begge brænder med hinanden, og ingen slukker. |
| Dutch | En de sterke zal wezen tot grof vlas, en zijn werkmeester tot een vonk, en zij zullen beiden te zamen branden, en er zal geen uitblusser wezen. |
| Finnish | Ja mahtaja tulee rohtimeksi ja hänen tekonsa kipinäksi, ja molemmat palavat yhdessä, eikä ole sammuttajaa. |
| French | L`homme fort sera comme de l`étoupe, Et son oeuvre comme une étincelle; Ils brûleront l`un et l`autre ensemble, Et il n`y aura personne pour éteindre. |
| German | wenn der Gewaltige wird sein wie Werg und sein Tun wie ein Funke und beides miteinander angezündet wird, daß niemand lösche. |
| Haitian Creole | Menm jan yon ti tensèl mete dife nan yon pil fachin bwa chèch, se konsa sa gwonèg yo ap fè a ap tounen yon tizon dife nan dèyè yo. Pesonn p'ap ka fè anyen pou sove yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Seperti jerami terbakar oleh sepercik bunga api, begitu juga orang-orang berkuasa akan dibinasakan oleh perbuatan-perbuatan jahat mereka sendiri, dan tak ada yang dapat menghentikan kehancuran itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Pada masa itu orang kuat akan seperti jerami dan perbuatannya seperti bunga api, keduanya akan hangus bersama-sama, sehingga seorangpun tiada yang dapat memadamkannya. |
| Italian | Il forte diverr come stoppa, la sua opera come scintilla; bruceranno tutte e due insieme e nessuno le spegner . |
| Maori | A hei muka te mea kaha, hei korakora ano tana mahi; na ka ngiha ngatahi raua, kahore hoki he tangata hei tinei. |
| Norwegian | Og den sterke skal bli til stry, og hans gjerning til en gnist, og de skal brenne begge tilsammen, og der er ingen som slukker. |
| Portuguese | E o forte se tornará em estopa, e a sua obra em faísca; e ambos arderão juntamente, e não haverá quem os apague. |
| Rumanian | Omul tare va fi ca un ckly, wi lucrarea lui ca o scknteie; amkndoi vor arde kmpreunq, wi nimeni nu -i va stinge. |
| Spanish | El fuerte se convertirá en estopa, y su trabajo en chispa. Ambos arderán juntos, y no habrá quien los apague. |
| Swedish | Och de väldige skola varda såsom blår, och deras verk såsom en gnista, och de skola tillsammans brinna, och ingen skall kunna släcka. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tow": towage, towages, toward, towardliness, towardlinesses, towardly, towards, towaway, towaways, towboat, towboats, towed, towel, toweled, towelette, towelettes, toweling, towelings, towelled, towelling, towellings, towels, tower, towered, towerier, toweriest, towering, toweringly, towerlike, towers, towery, towhead, towheaded, towheads, towhee, towhees, towie, towies, towing, towline, towlines, towmond, towmonds, towmont, towmonts, town, townee, townees, townfolk, townhome, townhomes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "tow": bestow, kotow, kowtow, stow, undertow. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tow": autoworker, autoworkers, bestowal, bestowals, bestowed, bestowing, bestows, boomtown, boomtowns, crosstown, dishtowel, dishtowels, downtown, downtowner, downtowners, downtowns, hometown, hometowns, intown, kotowed, kotower, kotowers, kotowing, kotows, kowtowed, kowtower, kowtowers, kowtowing, kowtows, midtown, midtowns, multitowered, outtower, outtowered, outtowering, outtowers, shantytown, shantytowns, stowable, stowage, stowages, stowaway, stowaways, stowed, stowing, stowp, stowps, stows, undertows, untoward, untowardly. (additional references) | |
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"Tow" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atow, doww, Mtow, taiw, tauw, tawd, tawm, tbw, tcow, tewd, tewl, tewt, tewy, tfw, th, thow, tiw, toa, toaw, toj, tomw, toq, tou, touw, t'owd, Towe, towl, towt, towz, trouw, trw, ttow, ttwa, tuq, tuw, tw, twd, twoa, twod, twoe, twof, twoi, twom, twop, twot, twou, twox, twx, Tywi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tow" (pronounced tō") |
| 2 | t ō" | bestow, chateau, chateaux, kowtow, plateau, Stow, toe. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: two, wot. | |
| Words within the letters "o-t-w" | |
-1 letter: ow, to, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-t-w" | |
+1 letter: nowt, stow, swot, town, tows, towy, trow, twos, wont, wort, wost, wots. | |
+2 letters: kotow, nowts, owlet, rowth, stowp, stows, strow, swots, throw, towed, towel, tower, towie, towns, towny, trows, whort, wonts, worst, worth, worts, wrote, wroth. | |
+3 letters: bestow, bowpot, cowpat, frowst, godwit, growth, howlet, intown, kotows, kowtow, lowest, newton, outlaw, outrow, outsaw, outwar, outwit, owlets, powter, rowths, stowed, stowps, strown, strows, tallow, thrown, throws, towage, toward, towels, towers, towery, towhee, towies, towing, townee, townie, trowed, trowel, trowth, twofer, uptown, wanton, whorts, wittol, wombat, wonted, wonton, worrit, worset, worsts, worths, worthy, wotted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 77 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- .--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01110111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o w |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0077 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548189 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Frequency 12. Names: Company Usage | 13. Cities 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Orthography | 25. Bibliography |
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