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Tube
01
a flexible container that is used to store thick liquids
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
tubes
Examples
He squeezed the toothpaste from the tube.
02
a railway that operates underground, typically in a city
Dialect
British
British
Examples
She took the Tube to work this morning.
03
electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
04
a cylindrical hollow structure used for conveying fluids, gases, or electrical signals
05
a long, hollow structure in the body that carries fluids or serves as a passage for air, food, or other substances
Examples
The tube in the throat carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
06
(Scottish) a foolish or stupid person
Slang
Examples
Do n't be a tube, think before you act.
to tube
01
place or enclose in a tube
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
tube
3rd person singular
tubes
Present participle
tubing
Past simple
tubed
Past participle
tubed
02
convey in a tube
03
ride or float on an inflated tube
04
provide with a tube or insert a tube into
Lexical Tree
tubeless
tubelike
tube
