Tube | Mean of tube in English Dictionary

/ˈtuːb/

• Noun
• a long, hollow object that is used especially to control the flow of a liquid or gas
1. She was breathing oxygen through a tube.
2. The nurse inserted a feeding tube. [=a tube used to deliver food to the stomach of a patient who cannot eat]
• an object shaped like a pipe
1. a tube of lipstick
2. a cardboard tube
• a soft, long, narrow container that has a small opening at one end and that contains a soft material which can be pushed out by squeezing
1. a tube of paint/toothpaste

• a thin, long, hollow part within an animal or plant
1. the bronchial tubes
2. a pollen tube
• the television
1. They spent all afternoon sitting in front of the tube. [=(Brit) the box]
2. What's on the tube tonight?
• the system of trains that run underground in London
1. It's easy to get around London on the tube.
2. There's a tube station a couple of blocks away from here.
3. She travels by tube to work every day.
• to fail or become ruined
1. His health is going down the tubes.
• to be wasted or lost
1. All my hard work went down the tubes. [=went down the drain]