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Noun tube has 5 senses
- tube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
--1 is a kind of conduit
--1 has particulars: | | barrel, gun barrel; blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube, blow tube; blowtube, blow tube, blowpipe; cannula; capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing; catheter; cigarette holder; coil; column, chromatography column; drain; hose, hosepipe; inner tube; mouthpiece; pea shooter; pipe, pipage, piping; pipe, tobacco pipe; silencer; siphon, syphon; speaking tube; stem; stent; straw, drinking straw; test tube; torpedo tube; venturi; well point, wellpoint |
- tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve - electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
--2 is a kind of electronic device
--2 is a part of circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
--2 has parts:
--2 has particulars:
- pipe, tube - a hollow cylindrical shape
--3 is a kind of cylinder
- tube, tube-shaped structure - (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
--4 is a kind of structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
--4 has particulars: tubule; salpinx; cochlea; vessel, vas
- metro, subway, tube, underground - electric underground railway
--5 is a kind of railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system
Verb tube has 4 senses
- tube - provide with a tube or insert a tube into
--1 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tube - convey in a tube; "inside Paris, they used to tube mail"
--2 is one way to bring, convey, take
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tube - ride or float on an inflated tube; "We tubed down the river on a hot summer day"
--3 is one way to ride
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- tube - place or enclose in a tube
--4 is one way to envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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