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# tow

«tow» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to pull it behind a vehicle or boat, using a rope, chain…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (tow, tows, towed, towing); noun (a tow, tows)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To tow something is to pull it behind a vehicle or boat, using a rope, chain or bar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#m1)

2) A tow is the act of towing, as in "give someone a tow". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#m2)

3) "In tow" means following closely behind, as in "with three children in tow". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#m3)

4) The tough, rough fibre of flax or hemp, combed out before it is spun into thread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Samson snaps his bonds as easily as a thread of tow touched by fire, and in Isaiah it pictures the wicked burning up. Interpretation: Tradition reads Samson's strength as a gift of God's spirit. Isaiah's image shows that the mighty who rely on themselves are as weak as tow. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, a breakdown truck tows a broken-down car, and cars tow caravans and trailers. In road safety and parking, a car parked illegally can be towed away. In science, towing is a pulling force. Phrases: "tow truck", "tow away", "give someone a tow", "in tow", "tow rope".

### examples

- And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. (Prophets ISA.1.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#x1)
- And she said unto him: 'The Philistines are upon thee, Samson.' And he broke the bowstrings as a string of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#x2)
- The tow truck towed our car to the garage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#x3)
- Dad's car tows the caravan on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#x4)
- If you park there, your car will be towed away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#x5)
- The tractor gave the stuck car a tow out of the mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#x6)
- Mum arrived with all five of us in tow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#x7)
- The boat towed the water-skier across the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#x8)
- When they saw the wee bannock come in, they jumped up, and got behind the goodwife, that was carding tow by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/#x9)

### note

Regular verb: towed. Homophone: toe (on your foot). Trap: it is "in tow" (following), not "in toe"; but "toe the line" (obey rules) uses toe. A tow truck is also called a breakdown truck (UK) or wrecker (US).

### In the corpora

- [A horse comes along the tow-path pulling a barge, steered by a big stout woman in a sun-bonnet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.