tubes
plural of tube
(Internet slang) The Internet.
(slang) The inner workings of one's body.
tubes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tube
Source: Wiktionary
Tube, n. Etym: [L.tubus; akin to tuba a trumpet: cf F. tube.]
1. A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
2. A telescope. "Glazed optic tube." Milton.
3. A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
5. (Gun.)
Definition: A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.
6. (Steam Boilers)
Definition: A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through.
7. (Zoöl.) (a) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm. (b) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk. Capillary tube, a tube of very fine bore. See Capillary.
– Fire tube (Steam Boilers), a tube which forms a flue.
– Tube coral. (Zoöl.) Same as Tubipore.
– Tube foot (Zoöl.), one of the ambulacral suckers of an echinoderm.
– Tube plate, or Tube sheet (Steam Boilers), a flue plate. See under Flue.
– Tube pouch (Mil.), a pouch containing priming tubes.
– Tube spinner (Zoöl.), any one of various species of spiders that construct tubelike webs. They belong to Tegenaria, Agelena, and allied genera.
– Water tube (Steam Boilers), a tube containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases.
Tube, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tubed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tubing.]
Definition: To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
