tow

noun7

1. •
   The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

   • It isn't the car's battery; I think I need a tow.
2. •
   A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.

   • On Saturday, Vettel was very unhappy with Leclerc's failure to work out a way through the traffic and give him a tow for the second runs in qualifying, as had been agreed. — 2019
3. •
   A rope or cable used in towing.
4. •
   Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
5. •
   Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
6. •
   An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

   • And the strong shall be as towe, and the maker of it as a sparke, and they shall both burne together, and none shall quench them. — 1611
7. •
   The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).

verb2

1. •
   To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue.

   • In its current specification it cannot be driven and must be towed to its work location by a locomotive. — 2022
2. •
   To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.

noun1

1. •
   Initialism of tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided: a kind of antitank missile.

phrase1

1. •
   (slang) Initialism of The One with ... or The One Where ...: used to refer to episodes of the American television sitcom Friends.

   • Yay! It's coming out this Friday! Staring Jennifer Aniston, Ben Stiller (played the Rachel's boyfriend in TOW The Screamer), Hank Azaria (David) and Debra Messing...3 Friends people. Looks funny. — 2004