Tubes - English meaning

noun

A long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases.

Usage examples:

A plastic tube is connected to the tap and the beer is ready to be pulled

noun

A thing in the form of or resembling a tube.

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Three works could be manipulated; the massed tubes formed a square or circle mounted on a base that…

noun

The underground railway system in london.

Usage examples:

A cross-london trek on the tube

noun

A sealed container, typically of glass and either evacuated or filled with gas, containing two electrodes between which an electric current can be made to flow.

Usage examples:

Early diodes in electronics were made from metal plates sealed inside evacuated glass tubes, which …

verb

Fit (a person or animal) with a tube to assist breathing, especially after a laryngotomy.

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The charge stemmed from his failure to properly record how he treated hip wolf on the day she was a…

verb

Convey in a tube.

Usage examples:

The wells were flooded, and this water, tubed off, yielded a supply of 38,000 gallons per hour

verb

Travel on the underground railway system in london.

Usage examples:

I tubed to st pancras

verb

Ride on water on a large inflated inner tube.

Usage examples:

We tubed down creeks, slid down water cascades, and fished in canyons

noun

A long, hollow cylinder of plastic, metal, rubber, or glass, used for moving or containing liquids or gases

Usage examples:

A copper tube, she lay in the hospital, tubes going in and out of her., bronchial tubes, a tube of …

noun

The london underground: the system of trains that run under the ground there

Usage examples:

Let's get the tube., it's quickest to go by tube., we decided to meet at oxford street tube station…