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Webster 1913 Edition
Tub
Tub
,Noun.
[OE.
tubbe
; of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. LG. tubbe
, D. tobbe
.] 1.
An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, – used for various purposes.
2.
The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity;
as, a
. tub
of butter; a tub
of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc3.
Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., – often used jocosely or opprobriously.
All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in
tubs
, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth. South.
4.
A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
[Obs.]
Shak.
5.
A small cask;
as, a
. tub
of gin6.
A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; – so called by miners.
Tub fast
, an old mode of treatment for the venereal disease, by sweating in a close place, or tub, and fasting.
[Obs.]
Shak.
– Tub wheel
, a horizontal water wheel, usually in the form of a short cylinder, to the circumference of which spiral vanes or floats, placed radially, are attached, turned by the impact of one or more streams of water, conducted so as to strike against the floats in the direction of a tangent to the cylinder.
Tub
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tubbed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tubbing
.] To plant or set in a tub;
as, to
. tub
a plantTub
,Verb.
I.
To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
[Colloq.]
Don’t we all
tub
in England ? London Spectator.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tub
TUB
, n.1.
An open wooden vessel formed with staves, heading and hoops; used for various domestic purposes, as for washing, for making cheese, &c.2.
A state of salivation; so called because the patient was formerly sweated in a tub. [Not in use.]3.
A certain quantity; as a tub of tea, which is 60 pounds; a tub of camphor, from 56 to 80 pounds; a tub of vermilion, from 3 to 4 hundred pounds. [local.]4.
A wooden vessel in which vegetables are planted, for the sake of being movable and set in a house in cold weather.TUB
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
tub
tub
English
Noun
tub (plural tubs)
- A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
- He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.
- The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
- He added a tub of margarine to the stew.
- A bathtub.
- (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
- (humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
- South
- All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.
- South
- A small cask.
- a tub of gin
- Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
- (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
- (obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (slang) A corpulent or obese person.
- 2003, Trey Ellis, Platitudes: & the New Black Aesthetic (page 139)
- Donald tells him to be more realistic. Take those two girls over there, for example. One's a zitface and the other's a tub, so they'd be perfect for them.
- 2003, Trey Ellis, Platitudes: & the New Black Aesthetic (page 139)
Derived terms
Translations
broad, flat-bottomed vessel
|
contents or capacity of such a vessel
|
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bathtub — see bathtub
slow-moving craft
Verb
tub (third-person singular simple present tubs, present participle tubbing, simple past and past participle tubbed)
- (transitive) To plant, set, or store in a tub.
- to tub a plant
- (intransitive) To bathe.
- London Spectator
- Don't we all tub in England?
- London Spectator
Anagrams
References
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tub]
Noun
tub n (plural tuburi)
Declension
declension of tub
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) tub | tubul | (niște) tuburi | tuburile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) tub | tubului | (unor) tuburi | tuburilor |
| vocative | tubule | tuburilor | ||
White Hmong
Noun
tub thumb|right|తొట్టి (మట్టిది) వెంకట్రామాపురంలో తీసిన చిత్రము
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)