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tow
Verb
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to tow is to pull something
the tow truck driver towed the car
sonar
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noun
(= asdic)
a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return
sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging
asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee