tubed

tube  (tb, tyb)

n.

1.

a. A hollow cylinder, especially one that conveys a fluid or functions as a passage.

b. An organic structure having the shape or function of a tube; a duct: a bronchial tube.

2. A small flexible cylindrical container sealed at one end and having a screw cap at the other, for pigments, toothpaste, or other pastelike substances.

3. Music The cylindrical part of a wind instrument.

4. Electronics

a. An electron tube.

b. A vacuum tube.

5. Botany The lower, cylindrical part of a gamopetalous corolla or a gamosepalous calyx.

6. Chiefly British

a. An underground railroad tunnel.

b. An underground railroad system, especially the one in London, England.

7. A tunnel.

8.

a. An inner tube.

b. An inflatable tube or cushion made of rubber or plastic and used for recreational riding, as behind a motor boat or down a snow-covered slope.

9. Informal

a. Television: What's on the tube?

b. A television set.

10. tubes Informal The fallopian tubes.

v. tubed, tub·ing, tubes

v.tr.

1. To provide with a tube; insert a tube in.

2. To place in or enclose in a tube.

v.intr.

To ride or float on an inflated tube for recreation.

Idiom:

down the tubes/tube Slang

Into a state of failure or ruin: saw her plans go down the tubes.

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[French, from Old French, from Latin tubus.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

tubed - of a tire; having an inner tube       tubeless - of a tire; not needing an inner tube