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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tube /tub, tyub/USA pronunciation n., v., tubed, tub•ing. n. [countable] - a hollow, rounded, narrow piece of metal, glass, etc., used esp. for carrying liquids or gases:a short rubber tube.
- a small collapsible cylinder sealed at one end, with a capped opening at the other end, from which a substance, as toothpaste, may be squeezed.
- Anatomy, Zoologyany hollow, rounded, narrow vessel or organ in the body:the bronchial tubes.
- Electronicselectron tube.
- Informal Terms the tube, [singular]television:What's on the tube tonight?
- Clothinga rounded, narrow piece of clothing without sleeves, pockets, or closures, usually of stretch fabric, worn as a blouse, skirt, etc.
- Transportthe tunnel in which an underground railroad runs.
- British Termssubway (def. 1).
v. [no object] - to float down a river on an inner tube.
Idioms- Idioms down the tube(s), into a state of failure or collapse:All his efforts went down the tube when the company went bankrupt.
tube•less, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tube (to̅o̅b, tyo̅o̅b),USA pronunciation n., v., tubed, tub•ing. n. - a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used esp. for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- 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.
- Anatomy, Zoologyany hollow, cylindrical vessel or organ:the bronchial tubes.
- [Bot.]
- Botanyany hollow, elongated body or part.
- Botanythe united lower portion of a gamopetalous corolla or a gamosepalous calyx.
- See inner tube.
- ElectronicsSee electron tube.
- Informal Terms
- television.
- a television set.
- See mailing tube.
- Transportthe tubular tunnel in which an underground railroad runs.
- Transportthe railroad itself.
- Sport[Surfing Slang.]the curled hollow formed on the underside of a cresting wave.
- British Termssubway (def. 1).
- British Terms[Australian Slang.]a can of beer.
- Optics, Slang Terms[Older Slang.]a telescope.
- down the tube or tubes, [Informal.]into a ruined, wasted, or abandoned state or condition.
v.t. - to furnish with a tube or tubes.
- to convey or enclose in a tube.
- to form into the shape of a tube;
make tubular.
- Latin tubus pipe
- 1590–1600
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