tows 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of tow
as in pulls
to cause to follow by applying steady force on towed the car into the shop for repair

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tows

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noun

plural of tow
as in tugs

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Recent Examples of tows
Verb
The Wingcube is a tall, narrow box that tows easily on top of a separate trailer. — New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026 The Santa Cruz tows 3,500 pounds with the base engine or 5,000 pounds with all-wheel drive. — James Raia, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
Noun
Fewer tows have happened at Berkeley Heights since the law passed, according to Waterbury tow logs. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tows
  1. pulls
  2. tugs
  3. hauls
  4. draws
  5. drags
  6. jerks
Verb
  • The move pulls back on the city’s previous decision to eliminate parking minimums in 2022 to help encourage development.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The funding will help CAEPlus develop BoundaryCool, a system that pulls heat away from graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), and tensor processing units (TPUs) using active liquid cooling.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pulls
Noun
  • The European Investment Bank (EIB) estimates that roughly 200 wrecks, including warships, barges, tugs, and cargo vessels, remain scattered across a five-kilometer stretch of the river near Prahovo.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Momentus’ spacecraft can also serve as space tugs to ferry smaller satellites or experiments from one orbit to another.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
Definition of tugs
Verb
  • The gang hauls the contraption to the front curb and pours their non-alcoholic beers into it.
    — Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Even if the House hauls the budget resolution forward, Johnson’s strategy faces uncertainty in the Senate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of hauls
Noun
  • Just one month ago, the ATP released a proposal to drastically cut prize money and halve the size of draws for doubles by 2028.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But that deal point allowed Disney+ to take over The Simpsons library, which became one of the platform’s biggest draws upon launch.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of draws
Verb
  • Some of those embassy staff may start returning to their posts soon, however the State Department is still limiting the number of personnel in the Middle East as the war in Iran drags on.
    — Greg Dixon, NPR, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But after years of unprecedented contributions to astronomy, the forces governing the cosmos are finally taking their toll as Earth’s gravitational pull slowly drags the telescope closer towards a point of no return.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of drags
Noun
  • That screwed up the works / And not due to his sloppy hiring / Of a crew of incompetent jerks.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Something from this article might put me on some Ben Shapiro list, where a bunch of jerks literally will just call me ‘f****t’ or worse on my social media.
    — William Earl, Variety, 10 June 2026
Definition of jerks

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