tow

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

Near-synonyms: draw, haul, pull, trail

In its current specification it cannot be driven and must be towed to its work location by a locomotive.

To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.

The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

It isn't the car's battery; I think I need a tow.

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

Something, such as a barge, that is towed.

A rope or cable used in towing.

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.

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.

The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).