Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tubing

1 sense of tubing

Sense 1
tube, tubing -- (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)
       => conduit -- (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tube

4 senses of tube

Sense 1
tube -- (provide with a tube or insert a tube into)
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 2
tube -- (convey in a tube; "inside Paris, they used to tube mail")
       => bring, convey, take -- (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point")

Sense 3
tube -- (ride or float on an inflated tube; "We tubed down the river on a hot summer day")
       => ride -- (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day")

Sense 4
tube -- (place or enclose in a tube)
       => envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose -- (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house")

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