tube

Pluraltubes

Formstubes, tubing, tubed

1. 1
   nouncountable

   Anything with a long, round shape that is empty inside.

   The poster came rolled up in a cardboard tube.

   She looked at the stars through a long paper tube.

   Similarpipe, hose

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A long, round container, usually with a screw cap, for keeping and squeezing out soft things like toothpaste.

   I need to buy a new tube of toothpaste.

   She keeps a small tube of hand cream in her bag.

3. 3
   nouncolloquialCanadaUS

   A TV, or television set.

   Grandpa fell asleep in front of the tube again.

   There's nothing good on the tube tonight.

   Similartelly

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4. 4
   nouncolloquialBritish

   London's underground train system. At first the name meant only the deeper lines, which run in round tunnels.

   We took the Tube to the museum and walked back through the park.

   The tube was so crowded this morning that I had to stand.

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5. 5
   verbintransitive

   To ride on a big rubber ring filled with air, often down a river.

   Every summer we tube down the creek behind my uncle's farm.

   At the water park, we tubed around the lazy river three times.

6. 6
   nouncountable

   A wave that curls forward as it breaks and makes a hollow space inside.

   The surfer rode right through the tube and came out the other end.

   There were some great tubes at the beach this morning.

   Similarbarrel

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7. 7
   verbtransitive

   To give something a tube, or to put something inside a tube.

   Workers tube the hand cream and then pack it in boxes.

   We tubed the small trees so the rabbits could not eat them.

   Similarencase, sheathe

8. 8
   verbcolloquialtransitive

   To put a medical tube into a part of a patient's body, such as the throat.

   The doctors had to tube him when he stopped breathing on his own.

   She was tubed in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.

   Similarintubate

   Oppositeextubate

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9. 9
   nounslangAustraliacountable

   A metal can with beer in it.

   Dad opened a cold tube after mowing the lawn.

   He put six cold tubes of beer in the fridge before his mates came over.

   Similarcan, tinnie

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10. 10
    noundialectalScotlandcountable

    A silly or stupid person.

    Stop acting like a tube and listen to me.

    My brother can be a real tube sometimes.

    Similaridiot, fool, twit, dope

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