Definitions for TUBE
tub, tyubtube

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. tube, tubingnoun

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

2. tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valvenoun

   electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

3. pipe, tubenoun

   a hollow cylindrical shape

4. tube, tube-shaped structurenoun

   (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

5. metro, tube, underground, subway system, subwayverb

   an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

   "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"

6. tubeverb

   provide with a tube or insert a tube into

7. tubeverb

   convey in a tube

   "inside Paris, they used to tube mail"

8. tubeverb

   ride or float on an inflated tube

   "We tubed down the river on a hot summer day"

9. tubeverb

   place or enclose in a tube

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. tubenoun

   Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.

2. tubenoun

   An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semi-liquid substances.

   A tube of toothpaste.

3. tubenoun

   The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)

   No mate, I am taking the tube!

4. tubenoun

   A tin can containing beer (or other beverage?)

5. tubenoun

   A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.

6. tubenoun

   A television. Also, derisively, boob tube. British: telly

   Are you just going to sit around all day and watch the tube?

7. tubeverb

   To make or use tubes

8. Tubenoun

   The London Underground

9. Etymology: From tube, from tubus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tubenoun

   A pipe; a siphon; a long body.

   Etymology: tube, Fr. tubus, Lat.

   There bellowing engines with their fiery tubes
   Dispers’d æthereal forms and down they fell. Wentworth Dillon.

   Aspot like which astrnomer
   Through his glaz’d optick tube yet never saw. John Milton.

   This bears up part of it out at the surface of the earth, the rest through the tubes and vessels of the vegetables thereon. John Woodward, Nat. Hist. p. iii.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tube

   A tube is a hollow or cylindrical object, often flexible, that is typically used for transporting or containing liquids or gases from one place to another. It can be made from various materials such as plastic, metal, or glass. In a broader sense, a tube can also refer to anything shaped like a cylinder or pipe, both in natural and man-made objects. It can also refer to a tunnel-like passage that people can pass through.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tubenoun

   a hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe

2. Tubenoun

   a telescope

3. Tubenoun

   a vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance

4. Tubenoun

   the narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla

5. Tubenoun

   a priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction

6. Tubenoun

   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

7. Tubenoun

   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

8. Tubenoun

   one of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk

9. Tubeverb

   to furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tube

   Tube is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1985. The members of the group are Nobuteru Maeda Michiya Haruhata Hideyuki Kakuno and Ryoji Matsumoto . Tube members Maeda and Haruhata have composed for other artists under the Pipeline Project alias. Since the group released most of its songs in April to July, the catchphrase originated "Summer comes with Tube".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tube

   tūb, 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. [Fr.,—L. tubus, a pipe.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tube

   1. n. A CRT terminal. Never used in the mainstream sense of TV; real hackers don't watch TV, except for Looney Toons, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Trek Classic, the Simpsons, Babylon 5, and the occasional cheesy old swashbuckler movie. 2. [IBM] To send a copy of something to someone else's terminal. “Tube me that note?”

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tube

   A cylindrical shape or structure to convey a type of fluid, liquid, matter or function as a passage or conduit.

   Their are various passages in the human body that have and function as a tube and various objects in the shape of a tube that are created and used in various designs for various purposes.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on May 7, 2016  

2. ---

   tube

   A cylindrical shape, structure or system.

   The digestive system consists of a large tube like structure.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 5, 2020  

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1. tube

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2. TUBE

   What does TUBE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TUBE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tube

   a slender, hollow, cylindrical body: specifically applied to the anal siphon or respiratory tube of mosquito larvae.

Matched Categories

1. • Conduit
   • Convey
   • Electronic Device
   • Enclose
   • Provide
   • Ride

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'TUBE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4631

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'TUBE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4264

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'TUBE' in Nouns Frequency: #1398

Anagrams for TUBE »

1. bute

2. tebu

How to pronounce TUBE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say TUBE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of TUBE in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of TUBE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of TUBE in a Sentence

1. Bam Margera:

   I went to the hospital and had my fifth seizure and then couldn’t breathe without a tube down my throat. I woke up five days later thinking I was there for just a couple hours. I spent eight days in there.

2. David Eggleston:

   We are finding amazing biological communities around the seeps, ranging from giant mussels that can be 100 to 200 years old or older, to giant tube worms that can be hundreds of years old as well, to a very strange-looking creature called a Chimeara, which is a distant cousin of sharks and rays.

3. Jeanette Strumpf:

   It's horrible to sit there and watch my Mom gasp for air as she was dying, and when they took out that tube, it's horrible. And we couldn't do anything for her. She had perfect, beautiful new lungs and this monster virus killed her.

4. Nicolas Maduro:

   I suggest you put this democratic charter in a very thin tube and find a better use for it, Mr. Almagro, you can shove that democratic charter wherever it fits.

5. Diana Scolaro:

   You have to know what it's like to hold down a child and hear them scream so you can stick a tube down their nose. It's one thing to do that when you know you'll have a success at the end, but for Julianna, there is no success, we pulled her from death's door so many times last year, but she's sicker now than she was then, and I don't think we could pull her through another big crisis.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=TUBE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tube
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=TUBE
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TUBE
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=TUBE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=TUBE
8. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Tube
9. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=TUBE