tube

noun

  1. 1

    an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

    in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'

  2. 2

    conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

  3. 3

    electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

  4. 4

    (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

  5. 5

    a hollow cylindrical shape

verb

  1. 1

    place or enclose in a tube

  2. 2

    ride or float on an inflated tube

    We tubed down the river on a hot summer day

  3. 3

    convey in a tube

    inside Paris, they used to tube mail

  4. 4

    provide with a tube or insert a tube into

Synonyms

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