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| NOUN | 1 | tube, tubing | Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases |
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| 2 | 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 | |
| 3 | tube, pipe | A hollow cylindrical shape | |
| 4 | tube, tube-shaped structure | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure | |
| 5 | tube, metro, underground, subway system, subway | An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | |
| VERB | 1 | tube | Provide with a tube or insert a tube into |
| 2 | tube | Convey in a tube | |
| 3 | tube | Ride or float on an inflated tube | |
| 4 | tube | Place or enclose in a tube |
| Sounds | tuw'b; tyuw'b |
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| Rhymes | boob, cube, Danube, and 3 more rhymes in uwb... |
| Meaning | Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases. |
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| Synonyms | tubing |
| Broader | conduit |
| Narrower | 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 |
| Adjectives | tubular; tubular |
| Verbs | tube |
| Meaning | Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope. |
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| Synonyms | vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve |
| Part of | circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit |
| Parts | anode; cathode; electrode; grid, control grid; plate |
| Broader | electronic device |
| Narrower | acorn tube; diode, rectifying tube, rectifying valve; electron multiplier; gas-discharge tube; klystron; magnetron; pentode; television-camera tube, television pickup tube; tetrode; triode; X-ray tube |
| Meaning | A hollow cylindrical shape. |
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| Synonyms | pipe |
| Broader | cylinder |
| Verbs | tube |
| Meaning | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure. |
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| Synonyms | tube-shaped structure |
| Category | anatomy, general anatomy |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure |
| Narrower | tubule; salpinx; cochlea; vessel, vas |
| Adjectives | tubal |
| Verbs | tube; tube; tube |
| Meaning | An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city). |
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| Examples | "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'" |
| Synonyms | metro, underground, subway system, subway |
| Broader | railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system |
| Meaning | Provide with a tube or insert a tube into. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish |
| Nouns | tube |
| Meaning | Convey in a tube. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "inside Paris, they used to tube mail" |
| Broader | bring, convey, take |
| Nouns | tubing; tube |
| Meaning | Ride or float on an inflated tube. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "We tubed down the river on a hot summer day" |
| Broader | ride |
| Meaning | Place or enclose in a tube. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose |
| Nouns | tube; tube; tube |
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