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Definition taw

Etymology 1

From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-Germanic *tawjan? (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh?- (“to tie to, secure”).

Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic ?????? (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and tether.

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
  2. (transitive, by extension) To beat; to scourge.
  3. (transitive) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
    1. (transitive) To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
Noun

taw

  1. (obsolete) Tawed leather.

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

taw (plural taws)

  1. A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
  2. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
  3. (square dancing) A dance partner.
  4. A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

  1. To shoot a marble.

Etymology 3

Noun

taw (plural taws)

  1. The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.

Etymology 4

Compare tew (“to tow”), and tow.

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

  1. To push; to tug; to tow.

Results 328 Words with the letters TAW

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7 letter words with the letters TAW 
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5 letter words with the letters TAW 
BAWTY 13
FATWA 11
SWATH 10
TAWNY 11
THAWS 10
THRAW 10
TWANG 11
TWEAK 12
WAFTS 11
WALTZ 18
WARTY 10
WATAP 11
WATCH 13
WHATS 10
WHEAT 10
WRAPT 11
WRATH 10
4 letter words with the letters TAW 
DAWT 8
STAW 7
SWAT 7
TAWS 7
THAW 9
TWAE 7
TWAS 7
TWAT 7
WAFT 10
WAIT 7
WANT 8
WART 7
WAST 7
WATS 7
WATT 7
WHAT 9
3 letter words with the letters TAW 
TAW 6
TWA 6
WAT 6
2 letter words with the letters TAW 
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AW 5
TA 2

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