Main Entry: welsh
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: probably from Welsh, adjective
1 : to avoid payment -- used with on <welshed on his debts>
2 : to break one's word : RENEGE <welshed on their promises>
2 [short for raspberry tart, rhyming slang for fart] : a sound of contempt made by protruding the tongue between the lips and expelling air forcibly to produce a vibration; broadly : an expression of disapproval or contempt
ten·den·tious Function: adjective
: marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : BIASED
- ten·den·tious·ly adverb
- ten·den·tious·ness noun
tow
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English togian; akin to Old English tEon to draw, pull, Old High German ziohan to draw, pull, Latin ducere to draw, lead
transitive senses : to draw or pull along behind : HAUL
intransitive senses : to move in tow <trailers that tow behind the family auto -- Bob Munger>