Towed - English meaning

verb

Pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty.

Usage examples:

We dragged the boat up the beach

noun

The action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty.

Usage examples:

The drag of the current

verb

Pull, as against a resistance

verb

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Usage examples:

He drew a map

noun

An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

Usage examples:

The draw has been made for this year's tournament

verb

Cause to move by pulling

verb

(of a person) pull or drag with effort or force.

Usage examples:

He hauled his bike out of the shed

noun

A quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally.

Usage examples:

They escaped with a haul of antiques

verb

Draw slowly or heavily

verb

Lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort.

Usage examples:

She heaved the sofa back into place

noun

An act of heaving.

Usage examples:

With that last heave, maurice's anchor wrenched clear of the mud

verb

To pull, push, lift, or throw something heavy

Usage examples:

[ t always + adv/prep ] he leaned his weight against the door and heaved it open., [ i ] after the …

verb

Raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys.

Usage examples:

A white flag was hoisted

noun

An act of raising or lifting something.

Usage examples:

Instead, dick persuaded fritz to sail to the next platform and ask the crane driver to give them a …

verb

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

verb

Carry or drag (a heavy or bulky object) with great effort.

Usage examples:

She began to lug her suitcase down the stairs

noun

A box or crate used for transporting fruit.

Usage examples:

A truck piled high with wooden lugs of grapes

noun

A person's ear.

Usage examples:

I couldn't hear what they were saying with that leather over my lugs

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Usage examples:

He pulled them down on to the couch

noun

An act of pulling something.

Usage examples:

Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots

verb

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

noun

A mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something.

Usage examples:

A trail of blood on the grass

verb

Draw or be drawn along behind someone or something.

Usage examples:

Alex trailed a hand through the clear water

verb

Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship.

Usage examples:

The bulk of freight traffic was transported by lorry

noun

A system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place.

Usage examples:

Many possess their own forms of transport

verb

To take goods or people from one place to another

Usage examples:

The movers will transport thousands of pictures, charts, and recordings to the library., in many ci…

verb

Fish with a trawl net or seine.

Usage examples:

The boats trawled for flounder

noun

An act of fishing with a trawl net or seine.

Usage examples:

They had caught two trout on the lazy trawl up-lake

verb

To pull a large net through the sea behind a boat in order to catch fish

verb

Pull (something) hard or suddenly.

Usage examples:

She tugged off her boots

noun

A hard or sudden pull.

Usage examples:

Another tug and it came loose

verb

Pull hard

verb

Pull with a jerk.

Usage examples:

Her hair was yanked, and she screamed

noun

A sudden hard pull.

Usage examples:

One of the other girls gave her ponytail a yank

noun

An american.

Usage examples:

The american at home is the opposite of the yank abroad: helpful, charming and painfully sincere.