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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.
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Anatomy, Zoology. any hollow, cylindrical vessel or organ: the bronchial tubes.
4.
EXPANDBotany.
a.
any hollow, elongated body or part.
b.
the united lower portion of a gamopetalous corolla or a gamosepalous calyx.
6.
Electronics. electron tube.
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9.
the tubular tunnel in which an underground railroad runs.
10.
the railroad itself.
11.
Surfing Slang. the curled hollow formed on the underside of a cresting wave.
12.
British. subway (def. 1).
13.
Australian Slang. a can of beer.
14.
COLLAPSEOlder Slang. a telescope.
verb (used with object)
15.
to furnish with a tube or tubes.
16.
to convey or enclose in a tube.
17.
to form into the shape of a tube; make tubular.
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Tubed
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
18.
down the tube/tubes, Informal. into a ruined, wasted, or abandoned state or condition.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin tubus pipe
1590–1600; < Latin tubus pipe
Related forms
tube·less, adjective
tube·like, adjective
mul·ti·tube, adjective
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Word Origin & History
tube
1611, from M.Fr. tube (1460), from L. tubus "tube, pipe," of unknown origin. The London subway was christened the Twopenny Tube before it even opened (H.D. Browne, in the "Londoner" of June 30, 1900); tube for "cylindrical railway tunnel" is attested from 1847. The meaning "TV as a medium" is from 1959,
EXPANDshort for cathode ray tube or picture tube. Tube top as a women's clothing style is attested from 1972. Tubular is attested from 1673, "having the form of a tube or pipe," but the modern slang sense is from 1982, Valspeak, from surfers' slang for a hollow, curling wave, ideal for riding. Tube steak is attested from 1963 as "frankfurter," slang meaning "penis" is recorded by mid-1980s. Tubing as a recreational pastime is recorded from 1975.
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Medical Dictionary
tube (t&oomacr;b, ty&oomacr;b)
n.
A hollow cylinder, especially one that conveys a fluid or functions as a passage.
An anatomical structure or organ having the shape or function of a tube; a duct.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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