Tube

[tjuːb] or [tub]

Definition

(noun.) conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases.

(noun.) electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope.

(noun.) (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure.

(verb.) place or enclose in a tube.

(verb.) ride or float on an inflated tube; 'We tubed down the river on a hot summer day'.

(verb.) convey in a tube; 'inside Paris, they used to tube mail'.

(verb.) provide with a tube or insert a tube into.

Edited by Hardy--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

(n.) A telescope.

(n.) A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.

(n.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.

(n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.

(n.) A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through.

(n.) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm.

(n.) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.

(v. t.) To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.

Checker: Quincy

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Pipe, hollow cylinder.

Checker: Sigmund

Definition

n. a pipe: a long hollow cylinder for the conveyance of fluids &c.: a canal: the body of a musical instrument: a telescope: a cylindrical receptacle for holding semi-fluid substances as pigments.—v.t. to furnish with enclose in a tube.—n. Tū′bage the act or process of lining a heavy gun by insertion of a tube of wrought-iron &c.: (med.) the insertion of a tube into the larynx &c.—adjs. Tū′bal Tū′bar.—n. Tube′-well a pipe used to obtain water from beneath the ground having a sharp point and a number of perforations just above the point.—adjs. Tubic′olar Tū′bicole Tubic′olous inhabiting a tube: spinning a tubular web; Tū′biflorous having tubular flowers; Tū′biform shaped like a tube.—n. Tū′bing the act of making tubes: tubes collectively: material for tubes.—adjs. Tū′būlar having the form of a tube: having a sound like that made by the passage of air through a tube; Tūbūlā′rian hydriform in tubular shape with wide disc; Tū′būlate -d Tū′būlous Tū′būlose formed like a tube: formed of tubes.—n. Tū′būle a small tube.—adj. Tū′būliform having the form of a small tube.

Edited by Cheryl

Examples

Checker: Mario

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