[tjuːb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases
(e.g: a plastic tube is connected to the tap and the beer is ready to be pulled)

- a thing in the form of or resembling a tube

- the underground railway system in London
(e.g: a cross-London trek on the Tube)

- a sealed container, typically of glass and either evacuated or filled with gas, containing two electrodes between which an electric current can be made to flow


Phrases:
- go down the tubes

Origin:
mid 17th century: from French tube or Latin tubus

[tjuːb], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fit (a person or animal) with a tube to assist breathing, especially after a laryngotomy

- convey in a tube
(e.g: the wells were flooded, and this water, tubed off, yielded a supply of 38,000 gallons per hour)

- travel on the underground railway system in London
(e.g: I tubed to St Pancras)

- ride on water on a large inflated inner tube
(e.g: we tubed down creeks, slid down water cascades, and fished in canyons)


Phrases:
- go down the tubes

Origin:
mid 17th century: from French tube or Latin tubus