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noun | verb tubetube1 /tub/ ●●● S2 noun ETYMOLOGYtube1Origin: 1600-1700 French Latin tubus 1 PIPE FOR LIQUID [countable] a round pipe made of metal, glass, rubber, etc., especially for liquids or gases to go through: The water leaves the machine through a plastic tube. → see also inner tube, test tube2CONTAINER FOR SOFT SUBSTANCE [countable] a narrow container made of plastic or soft metal and closed at one end, that you press between your fingers in order to push out the soft substance that is inside: a tube of toothpaste3CONTAINER FOR ROLLED PAPER [countable] a long narrow container shaped like a tube used for storing things like maps and pictures4something SHAPED LIKE A TUBE [countable] something that is shaped like a tube: a toilet paper tube5IN YOUR BODY [countable] science, biology a tube-shaped part inside your body: Fallopian tubes6TELEVISION the tube old-fashioned television7go down the tubes informal if a situation goes down the tubes, it becomes ruined or spoiled: All our hard work went down the tubes.8have your tubes tied if a woman has her tubes tied, she has a medical operation on her fallopian tubes so that she will not be able to have babies9TRAINS the tube British the subway in London10ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT [countable] (also picture tube) the part of an older television that causes the picture to appear[Origin: 1600–1700 French, Latin tubus] noun | verb tubetube2 verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEtube |
Present | I, you, we, they | tube | | he, she, it | tubes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tubed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tubed | | he, she, it | has tubed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tubed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will tube | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tubed |
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Present | I | am tubing | | he, she, it | is tubing | | you, we, they | are tubing | Past | I, he, she, it | was tubing | | you, we, they | were tubing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tubing | | he, she, it | has been tubing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tubing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tubing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tubing |
to float on a river on a large inner tube for fun → see also tubing |