English noun: tube |
1. | tube (artifact) conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases |
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| Synonyms | tubing |
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| Broader (hypernym) | conduit |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | barrel, blow tube, blow tube, blowgun, blowpipe, blowpipe, blowtube, blowtube, cannula, capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing, catheter, chromatography column, cigarette holder, coil, column, drain, drinking straw, gun barrel, hose, hosepipe, inner tube, mouthpiece, pea shooter, pipage, pipe, pipe, piping, silencer, siphon, speaking tube, stem, stent, straw, syphon, test tube, tobacco pipe, torpedo tube, venturi, well point, wellpoint |
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2. | tube (artifact) electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope |
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| Synonyms | electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube |
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| Broader (hypernym) | electronic device |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acorn tube, diode, electron multiplier, gas-discharge tube, klystron, magnetron, pentode, rectifying tube, rectifying valve, television pickup tube, television-camera tube, tetrode, triode, X-ray tube |
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| Part holonym | anode, cathode, control grid, electrode, grid, plate |
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| Part meronym | circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit |
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3. | tube (shape) a hollow cylindrical shape |
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| Synonyms | pipe |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cylinder |
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4. | tube (body) (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure |
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| Synonyms | tube-shaped structure |
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| Broader (hypernym) | anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cochlea, salpinx, tubule, vas, vessel |
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| Domain category | anatomy, general anatomy |
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5. | tube (artifact) an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) |
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| Samples | In Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'.
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| Synonyms | metro, subway, subway system, underground |
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| Broader (hypernym) | railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system |
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English verb: tube |
1. | tube (possession) provide with a tube or insert a tube into |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply |
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2. | tube (motion) convey in a tube |
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| Samples | Inside Paris, they used to tube mail.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bring, convey, take |
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3. | tube (motion) ride or float on an inflated tube |
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| Samples | We tubed down the river on a hot summer day.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ride |
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4. | tube (contact) place or enclose in a tube |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap |
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