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noun
- 1. a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases: "a plastic tube is connected to the tap and the beer is ready to be pulled"
- 2. a thing in the form of or resembling a tube.
verb
- 1. fit (a person or animal) with a tube to assist breathing, especially after a laryngotomy. informal
- 2. convey in a tube: "the wells were flooded, and this water, tubed off, yielded a supply of 38,000 gallons per hour"
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TUBE definition: 1. a pipe made of glass, plastic, metal, etc, especially for liquids or gases to flow through 2. a…. Learn more.
noun. 1. a. a hollow cylinder or pipe of metal, glass, rubber, etc., usually long in proportion to its diameter, used for conveying fluids, etc. b. an instrument, part, organ, etc. resembling a tube. bronchial tubes, eustachian tubes. c. a fallopian tube.
TUBE meaning: 1. a pipe made of glass, plastic, metal, etc, especially for liquids or gases to flow through 2. a…. Learn more.
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Etymology
From Middle French tube, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”), related to tuba (“long trumpet; war-trumpet”), of obscure ultimate origin, but possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”), see there.
Pronunciation
1. enPR: tyōōb, IPA(key): /tjuːb/ 2. (yod coalescence) enPR: chōōb, IPA(key): /tʃuːb/ 3. (yod dropping) enPR: tōōb, IPA(key): /tuːb/ 4. Rhymes: -uːb
Noun
tube (plural tubes) 1. Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape. 1.1. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co.,[…], →OCLC: 1.1.1. But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, li...
Etymology
From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /tyb/
Noun
tube m (plural tubes) 1. pipe 2. tube 3. (informal, music) a hit 3.1. Chacune de ses chansons était un tube. ― Every one of his/her songs was a hit. 4. (slang) money
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈtu.be/ 2. Rhymes: -ube 3. Hyphenation: tù‧be
Noun
tube f 1. plural of tuba
Pronunciation
1. (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.be/, [ˈt̪ʊbɛ] 2. (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.be/, [ˈt̪uːbe]
Noun
tube 1. vocative singular of tubus
Etymology
From Latin tubus.
Noun
tube m (plural tubes) 1. conduit; canal; pipe
References
1. Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tube, supplement)
Alternative forms
1. choob
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /tjub/, /tʃub/
Noun
tube (plural tubes) 1. wanker, asshole, dickhead 1.1. 1994, Irvine Welsh, Acid House: 1.1.1. Come ahead then, ya fuckin weedjie cunts. Ah’m no exactly gaunny burst oot greetin cause some specky cunt’s five minutes late wi ma feed now, um uh? Fucking tube. 1.1.1.1. (please add an English translationof this quotation) 1.2. 2013, Pedro Lenz, translated by Donal McLaughlin, Naw Much of a Talker, Freight Books, page 4: 1.2.1. Sorry but Uli's just a tube [translating Pajass] but. Ah didnae say that...
a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or .... Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.
TUBE meaning: 1 : a long, hollow object that is used especially to control the flow of a liquid or gas; 2 : an object shaped like a pipe
