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tube

[ toob, tyoob ]

noun

  1. a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
  2. a small, collapsible, cylinder of metal or plastic sealed at one end and having a capped opening at the other from which paint, toothpaste, or some other semifluid substance may be squeezed.
  3. Anatomy, Zoology. any hollow, cylindrical vessel or organ:

    the bronchial tubes.

  4. Botany.
    1. any hollow, elongated body or part.
    2. the united lower portion of a gamopetalous corolla or a gamosepalous calyx.
  5. Electronics. electron tube.
  6. Informal.
    1. a television set.
  7. the tubular tunnel in which an underground railroad runs.
  8. the railroad itself.
  9. Surfing Slang. the curled hollow formed on the underside of a cresting wave.
  10. British. subway ( def 1 ).
  11. Australian Slang. a can of beer.
  12. Older Slang. a telescope.


verb (used with object)

tubed, tubing.
  1. to furnish with a tube or tubes.
  2. to convey or enclose in a tube.
  3. to form into the shape of a tube; make tubular.

tube

/ ³ÙÂá³Üː²ú /

noun

  1. a long hollow and typically cylindrical object, used for the passage of fluids or as a container
  2. a collapsible cylindrical container of soft metal or plastic closed with a cap, used to hold viscous liquids or pastes
  3. anatomy
    1. any hollow cylindrical structure
  4. botany
    1. the lower part of a gamopetalous corolla or gamosepalous calyx, below the lobes
    2. any other hollow structure in a plant
  5. the tube
    1. Also calledthe underground an underground railway system US and Canadian equivalentsubway
    2. the tunnels through which the railway runs
    3. the train itself
    4. capital the London underground railway system
  6. electronics
    1. another name for valve
  7. the tube slang.
    a television set
  8. slang.
    a stupid or despicable person
  9. slang.
    a bottle or can of beer
  10. surfing the cylindrical passage formed when a wave breaks and the crest tips forward
  11. an archaic word for telescope
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to fit or supply with a tube or tubes
  2. to carry or convey in a tube
  3. to shape like a tube
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù³Ü²ú±ð-±ôŸ±°ì±ð, adjective
  • ˈ³Ù³Ü²ú±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù³Ü²ú±ðl±ð²õ²õ adjective
  • ³Ù³Ü²ú±ðlŸ±°ì±ð adjective
  • ³Ÿ³Ü±ôtŸ±Â·³Ù³Ü²ú±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tube1

First recorded in 1590–1600, tube is from the Latin word tubus pipe
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tube1

C17: from Latin tubus
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. down the tube / tubes, Informal. into a ruined, wasted, or abandoned state or condition.

More idioms and phrases containing tube

see down the tubes .
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Example Sentences

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He is fed by a feeding tube and has a life limiting condition.

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"I just don't see any merit to dying slow and painfully, hooked up with stuff - intubation, feeding tubes," he told me.

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At its peak, 23andMe attracted celebrity attention and held “spit parties,” where high-profile customers spit into a tube to provide their DNA sample.

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The risk of infection is especially high for patients with catheters, breathing tubes or feeding tubes because they create direct entry points for C. auris to enter the bloodstream or lungs.

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Months later, Bryar’s autopsy raised a possible contributing factor in his death — three canisters of nitrous oxide found next to his corpse, with tubing for inhalation still attached.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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