Synonym: hose, pipe, reed. Similar words: tune, be, cue, cute, huge, rub, rule, sue. Meaning: [tuːb /tju-] n. 1. conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases 2. electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope 3. a hollow cylindrical shape 4. (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure 5. an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city). v. 1. provide with a tube or insert a tube into 2. convey in a tube 3. ride or float on an inflated tube 4. place or enclose in a tube.
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31. I squeezed the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube.
32. You'll be able to get a tube of glue at the stationer's down the road.
33. The fore end tube plate of the condenser has cracked beyond repair.
34. You only need a very small blob of glue, so one tube lasts for ages.
35. Please rub the surface of the test tube dry before doing the experiment.
36. The kids spend too much time in front of the boob tube.
37. The oesophagus is the tube leading from the throat to the stomach.
38. I would be able to stay on the Piccadilly Line and get off the tube at South Kensington.
39. The surgeon makes a small incision into which a tube is inserted.
40. On the tube in the rush hour the passengers are packed like sardines.
41. He made a small perforation in the lining of the tube.
42. Whether we like a particular piece of news or not, all we have to do is sit in front of the tube and 'let it happen'.
43. The secondary current sets up a magnetic field inside the tube.
44. An examination is carried out before the insertion of the tube.
45. We came by tube.
46. A typical fluorescent lamp is a tube with metal electrodes at each end.
47. Squeeze the tube of sealant slowly to obtain an even flow.
48. I took the tube then the train and came straight here.
49. The doctor introduced a tube into the sick man's wound.
50. There is a green residue in the bottom of the test tube.
51. Belling out the end of the tube will permit a freer passage of air.
52. He prefers travelling on the Tube to riding in a limousine.
53. Use the correct controller for the tube length.
54. The glass tube shattering in a Thermos bottle?
55. Activated charcoal with sorbitol was administered by nasogastric tube.
56. Clips for a fluorescent tube are fitted.
57. Cut a 5/8in wide band of bicycle inner tube.
58. He's being kept alive by a feeding tube.
59. In fact its feathered section is a hollow tube.
60. The tube was fed into the patient's stomach.