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Meanings of tow in inglês

russo
пакля
português
estopa
catalão
estopa
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Coarse, broken fibers, removed during processing of bast fibers, used as padding, ropemaking, or to make short-staple yarns.

estopa
português
rebocador
catalão
remolc
espanhol
remolque

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

rebocador
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Examples for "towage"
Examples for "towage"
1
And when we rose not a word had been said about towage!
Falk: A Reminiscence
2
The problem has been solved by the introduction of the capstan navigation or towage.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885
3
Smit's harbour towage business was buoyed by a further rise in trade volumes in the global shipping sector.
Reuters
4
He was sure to get his own extortionate terms out of me for towage whether he frowned or smiled.
Falk: A Reminiscence
5
The flowage vastly increased the extent of the deadwater, slowing the logs of the independents, whose towage methods were crude.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods
Usage of tow in inglês
1
She would not be able to travel quickly with children in tow.
Armageddon's Children
2
If the detectives went drinking after work, I was often in tow.
Homicide: a year on the killing streets
3
That was despite efforts by large tow-trucks to move it yesterday evening.
The Irish Times
4
Would you call a service station and ask them to tow it?
11/22/63
5
Once more.₀ She mounted the waves in proud defiance.₀ The tow-lines slackened.
Dan Merrithew
6
Binnesman took his staff and led the way, his wylde in tow.
Wizardborn
7
Caravans in tow, more evacuees arrived, among them farmers, some bringing horses.
Reuters
8
The Cyclopes returned with large quantities of tow-shortfibers of carded flax.
Doom of the Dragon
9
Two days later, he arrived with the most unexpected companion in tow.
Summers at Castle Auburn
10
A sail-boat lay in a cove, with a little skiff in tow.
Castle Nowhere
11
Steiner, in tow of Mignon, had left the house among the foremost.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
12
We heard gunshots, bombs, mortars, tow trucks moving cars off the highway.
Brains: a zombie memoir
13
I sprinted back the way I came with the things in tow.
Beyond exile: day by day armageddon
14
He can tow it and then row back in his own skiff.
Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
15
For the faint of heart there is also a daily tow tractor.
The Guardian
16
The rope which held it to its tow cut through the swell.
Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns; Or, Sinking the German U-Boats
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catalão
estoparemolc
espanhol
remolque
Tow through the time
Tow across language varieties
Australia
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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