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Meaning of 'tube' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tube [ n.]
- A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
- A telescope.
- A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.
- The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
- A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.
- 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.
- 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.
- One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
2 . Tube [ v. t.]
- To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.

Meaning of 'tube' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tube [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
Example in sentence:
  • in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'
2 . tube [ v]
Meaning (2):
- convey in a tube
Example in sentence:
  • inside Paris, they used to tube mail
Meaning (3):
- ride or float on an inflated tube
Example in sentence:
  • We tubed down the river on a hot summer day

Nearby Words:

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