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to tube

to tube

1 6.0
To ride on an inflated ring on water or snow
  • verb
  • /tuːb/
  • Informal
translation icon : hacer tubing
  • On hot days, many families head to the lake to tube and enjoy the sunshine.

Examples

  • We're gonna tube him! #WALLS #Frank! #FRANK #

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I obviously she's just being funny, but Amber, Amber was so excited about the ability to tube down that Creek ditch.

  • Take a day trip to a place where you can tube or sail, or spend a day checking out museums and galleries.

    Blog text (5)
  • During the summer, we love to tube on the river with our friends.

  • The kids were thrilled to tube down the snowy slope at the ski resort.

Synonyms

to ride
vsto tube
286 1.0

To be supported on something so it stays or moves a little

is a specific recreational float on an inflated ring in water or snow

Idioms

Try to make things the way they were after they changed

A change that cannot be undone or taken back

Compounds

test tube
  • Specialized
18 2.8

A small glass tube closed at one end used in labs to hold, heat, or mix liquids

Fallopian tube
  • Specialized
8 5.5

One of two thin tubes in a woman's body that carry an egg from the ovary to the womb

7 2.6

A rubber part inside a tire that holds air

vacuum tube
  • Archaic
5 5.3

A glass or metal tube with empty space inside that controls electricity

torpedo tube
  • Specialized
4 7.0

A tube in a warship or submarine that fires a torpedo

boob tube
  • Archaic
4 8.8

A television set people watch to see shows

test-tube baby
  • Informal
3 4.2

A baby that doctors make from an egg and sperm outside the mother's body and put in her womb

glass tube
  • Specialized
3 2.9

A thin round container made of glass used in a lab to hold liquids

bronchial tube
  • Specialized
1 3.0

A tube that carries air from the windpipe into the lungs

1 6.0

A large glass device in old TVs and computer screens that makes pictures with a beam of electrons

picture tube
  • Archaic
1 5.8

A long glass tube inside old televisions that makes the picture on the screen

tube foot
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A small soft tube with a sucker that starfish and sea urchins use to move, eat, and breathe

tube steak
  • Slang
1 8.9

A sausage served in a bun, often sold at outdoor events

endotracheal tube
  • Specialized
1 4.8

A flexible tube placed in the windpipe to keep the airway open and help breathing

neural tube
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A tube in an embryo that becomes the brain and spinal cord

neon tube
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A glass container filled with neon gas that glows when electricity passes through it

Eustachian tube
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A narrow tube that connects the middle ear to the throat and equalizes ear pressure

Pitot tube
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A small tube that measures how fast air moves to show an airplane's speed

speaking tube
  • Archaic
1 7.9

A tube that carries a person's voice between rooms

blow tube
  • Specialized
8.2

A tube that sends air into a flame to make it hotter

8.4

A tube like a straw that sends small darts when someone blows into it

boron counter tube
  • Specialized
8.1

A tube filled with boron that detects neutrons in experiments

capillary tube
  • Specialized
4.6

A very thin tube that makes liquid climb inside it without a pump

calyx tube
  • Specialized
9.9

A tube-shaped part of a flower that holds the leaf-like parts under the petals, often seen in roses

cartilaginous tube
  • Specialized
8.0

A tube in the body with walls of cartilage, like the trachea or ear canal

4.1

A large glass part inside old televisions that shows pictures in color

color tube
  • Archaic
7.2

Part of a television that shows pictures in color

color TV tube
  • Archaic
3.5

A glass bulb inside older televisions that makes the screen show color pictures

counter tube
  • Specialized
9.1

A device that detects radiation by counting particles in a tube filled with gas

Crookes tube
  • Archaic
9.9

A partly empty glass container that makes glowing rays when electricity passes through it and helped find electrons

digestive tube
  • Specialized
3.4

A tube from the mouth to the anus where food is digested and waste leaves the body

electron tube
  • Archaic
6.9

A glass or metal device that controls electric current in old radios and televisions

acorn tube
  • Archaic
9.8

A small vacuum tube shaped like an acorn used for high-frequency radio signals

auditory tube
  • Specialized
5.3

A tube that connects the middle ear to the back of the nose to make ear pressure the same

Kundt's tube
  • Specialized
9.9

An instrument that makes standing sound waves visible in a tube to measure sound speed in air or solids

gas-discharge tube
  • Specialized
5.4

A sealed tube where electricity makes the gas inside glow

Geiger tube
  • Specialized
8.0

A small tube inside a Geiger counter that gives a signal when radiation passes through

Geiger-Muller tube
  • Specialized
5.7

A thin tube inside a Geiger counter that detects radiation

germ tube
  • Specialized
8.2

Thin tube that grows out of a spore when it starts to grow, often in fungi

glow tube
  • Specialized
7.9

A glass or metal tube filled with gas that makes light when electricity passes through it

ionization tube
  • Specialized
8.3

A device that measures radiation by detecting tiny charged particles in a gas tube

nasotracheal tube
  • Specialized
7.4

A tube inserted through the nose into the windpipe to help a person breathe

8.2

A tube that detects radiation and gives an electrical signal showing how strong the radiation is

rectifying tube
  • Archaic
9.8

A glass tube with two metal parts that changes alternating current into direct current

Pitot-static tube
  • Specialized
9.1

A small tube on a plane that measures air pressure to show the speed of the plane

pollen tube
  • Specialized
5.5

A thin tube from a pollen grain that grows to carry male cells to the ovule for fertilization

porn tube
  • Offensive
7.7

A website that shows sex videos for adults, often for free

An electronic tube in early television cameras that turns light into electrical signals

A device used in old television cameras to change an image into electronic signals

television tube
  • Archaic
5.9

A glass tube inside old TVs that makes the picture on the screen

thermionic tube
  • Archaic
9.8

A glass or metal device that controls the flow of electricity in old radios and machines

A glass or metal tube that uses heat to make electricity flow without air

A part of a television that uses three colors to make pictures

tricolor tube
  • Archaic
7.8

A part inside a color television that makes red, green and blue pictures

tube-nosed bat
  • Australian
9.8

A fruit bat with nostrils that stick out like small tubes

9.5

A bat that eats fruit and has tube-shaped nostrils that point away from each other

tube well
  • Indian
4.8

A deep hole with a long metal pipe that brings water up from underground

tube wrench
  • Specialized
4.8

A tool with two jaws that have teeth and that grips and turns pipes

Having nostrils shaped like small tubes

sieve tube
  • Specialized
7.2

A tube made of cells joined end to end that carries nutrients in flowering plants and some algae

static tube
  • Specialized
8.1

A device placed in moving air or water that measures pressure

uterine tube
  • Specialized
4.6

One of two tubes that carry an egg from the ovary to the uterus

Venturi tube
  • Specialized
7.4

A tube with a narrow middle that measures how fast liquid moves in a pipe by lowering pressure

water tube
  • Specialized
5.3

A tube in a boiler that carries water to be heated to make steam

X-ray tube
  • Specialized
4.0

A tube with no air that makes X rays when fast electrons hit metal

How Fast

to hurtle
19 6.8
to tube
  • Informal
1 6.0
to ride
286 1.0
to float
645 1.0
to drift
331 2.9

Surface Forms

tube infinitive
tubed past
tubed past participle
tubing present participle
tubes third person singular

Etymology

Tube as a verb (to ride on an inflated tube) comes from the noun tube for an inner rubber ring or long inflatable, so to 'tube' is to float or ride on one for fun.