1. tow - Noun
2. tow - Verb
3. Tow - Proper noun
The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.
A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.
The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.
That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.
Source: Webster's dictionarySometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own tow line. Anthony Kennedy
Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show, Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow. Pierre-Jean de Béranger
It takes 3 girls to tow always; two to hold the rope, and the other one runs round and round, and giggles. Jerome K. Jerome
Trust not tow with firebrands, not a woman with men. Portuguese Proverb
Keep your tongue in your jaw and your tow in your pump. Irish Proverb
I have another tow on my rock. Scottish Proverb