tube

[[t]tub, tyub[/t]]

n. v. tubed, tub•ing

1) a hollow, usu. cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, etc., used esp. 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 a semifluid substance, as paint or toothpaste, may be squeezed

3) anat. zool. any hollow, cylindrical vessel or organ:

the bronchial tubes[/ex]

4) bot the elongated lower part of a united sepal or corolla of a flower

5) inner tube

6) elo

electron tube

7) inf the tube, Informal.

television

8) clo a cylindrical garment without sleeves, pockets, or closures, usu. of stretch fabric, worn as a blouse, dress, skirt, etc

9) trs the tubular tunnel in which an underground railroad runs

10) trs the railroad itself

11) brit. Brit.

subway 1)

12) spo sts Surfing. the curled hollow formed on the underside of a cresting wave

13) to furnish with a tube

14) to convey or enclose in a tube

15) to form into the shape of a tube; make tubular

16) to float down a river on an inner tube

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- down the tube(s)

Etymology: 1590–1600; < L tubus pipe tube′like`, adj.