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tube

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Definitions
noun

a hollow cylindrical shape

noun

any hollow cylindrical body structure

noun

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'”

noun

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

noun

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

verb

convey in a tube

“inside Paris, they used to tube mail”

verb

place or enclose in a tube

verb

provide with a tube or insert a tube into

verb

ride or float on an inflated tube

“We tubed down the river on a hot summer day”

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