Tew vs. Tow
Tew (noun)
A rope or chain for towing a boat.
Tew (noun)
A cord; a string.
Tew (noun)
Trouble; worry.
Tew (verb)
To tow along, as a vessel.
Tew (verb)
To prepare (leather, hemp, etc.) by beating or working; to taw.
Tew (verb)
To beat; to scourge.
Tew (verb)
To pull about; to maul.
Tew (verb)
To tease; to vex.
Tew (verb)
To work hard; to strive.
Tow (verb)
To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.
Tow (verb)
To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.
Tow (noun)
The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
"It isn't the car's battery; I think I need a tow."
Tow (noun)
Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
Tow (noun)
Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
Tow (noun)
A rope or cable used in towing.
Tow (noun)
A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.
Tow (noun)
An cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.
Tew
To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.
Tew
Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex.
Tew
To tow along, as a vessel.
Tew (verb)
To work hard; to strive; to fuse.
Tew (noun)
A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string.
Tow (noun)
The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
Tow (noun)
A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.
Tow (noun)
The act of towing, or the state of being towed; - chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.
Tow (noun)
That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.
Tow
To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.
Tow (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"
Tow (verb)
drag behind;
"Horses used to tow barges along the canal"
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