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31Tow — In the composites industry, a tow is an untwisted bundle of continuous filaments, and it refers to fibers, particularly carbon fibers (also called graphite).Tows are designated by the number of fibers they contain, e.g. a 12K tow contains about… …
32TOW — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « TOW », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Time Of War, site sur Command Conquer et Bataille… …
33Tow-in — Surf tracté La pratique du surf tracté ou tow in en anglais, est une façon de pratiquer le surf particulière, qui consiste à lancer un surfeur sur une vague à l aide d un engin motorisé, le plus souvent une motomarine. Cette technique a été… …
34tow — English has two words tow. The older, ‘pull’ [OE], came from a prehistoric Germanic *togōjan (source also of Norwegian toga ‘pull’). This was derived from the base *tog , variants of which gave English team, tug, etc, and it goes back ultimately… …
35tow — {{11}}tow (n.) coarse, broken fibers of flax, hemp, etc., late 14c., probably from O.E. tow spinning (in towlic fit for spinning ), perhaps cognate with Gothic taujan to do, make, M.Du. touwen to knit, weave. {{12}}tow (v.) pull with a rope, O.E …
36tow — [təʊ] verb [T] I to pull a vehicle or boat by fixing it to another vehicle or boat II noun [singular] tow [təʊ] the activity of pulling one vehicle behind another • in tow informal if you have someone in tow, you are taking them somewhere[/ex] …
37tow — English has two words tow. The older, ‘pull’ [OE], came from a prehistoric Germanic *togōjan (source also of Norwegian toga ‘pull’). This was derived from the base *tog , variants of which gave English team, tug, etc, and it goes back ultimately… …
38Tow — Cheap coarse hemp or flax for low quality spinning. Tow was bound on a *distaff which was carried by a woman on her way to the *pillory for punishment. To have tow on the distaff meant one had ample work. Cf. Distaff …
39Tow — This is a genuine Olde English nickname, which from its original popularity has developed into a surname of many spelling forms, such as Tow(e), Toe, Tows(e), Tuff and Tough. It derives from the pre 7th century toh and describes either someone… …
40tow — tow1 verb use a vehicle or boat to pull (another vehicle or boat) along. noun an act of towing. Phrases in tow 1》 (also on tow) being towed. 2》 accompanying or following someone. Derivatives towable adjective towage noun Origin …
