Tew vs. Tow

Tewnoun

A rope or chain for towing a boat.

Towverb

(transitive) To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.

Tewnoun

A cord; a string.

Towverb

To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.

Tewnoun

Trouble; worry.

Townoun

The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

‘It isn't the car's battery; I think I need a tow.’;

Tewverb

To tow along, as a vessel.

Townoun

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

Tewverb

To prepare (leather, hemp, etc.) by beating or working; to taw.

Townoun

Something, such as a barge, that is towed.

Tewverb

(by extension) To beat; to scourge.

Townoun

A rope or cable used in towing.

Tewverb

To pull about; to maul.

Townoun

(motor racing) A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.

Tewverb

To tease; to vex.

Townoun

An untwisted bundle of fibers such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

Tewverb

To work hard; to strive.

Townoun

(specifically) The short, coarse, less desirable fibers separated by hackling from the finer longer fibers (line).

Tewverb

To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.

Townoun

The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

Tewverb

Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex.

Townoun

A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

Tewverb

To work hard; to strive; to fuse.

Townoun

The act of towing, or the state of being towed; - chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

Tewverb

To tow along, as a vessel.

Townoun

That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.

Tewnoun

A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string.

Towverb

To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.

Townoun

the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope;

‘the truck gave him a tow to the garage’;

Towverb

drag behind;

‘Horses used to tow barges along the canal’;