Tub

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tub \Tub\, v. i.
     To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to
     bathe. [Colloq.]
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           Don't we all tub in England ?            --London


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tub \Tub\, n. [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.
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     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., etc.
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     3. Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of
        pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely
        or opprobriously.
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              All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and
              some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and
              holding forth.                        --South.
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     4. A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     5. A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
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     6. A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft;
        -- so called by miners.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tub \Tub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tubbing}.]
     To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tub
       n 1: a relatively large open container that you fill with water
            and use to wash the body [syn: {bathtub}, {bathing tub},
             {bath}]
       2: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids [syn: {vat}]
       3: the amount that a tub will hold; "a tub of water" [syn: {tubful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  136 Moby Thesaurus words for "tub":
     Finnish bath, Japanese bath, Russian bath, Swedish bath,
     Turkish bath, aquamanile, argosy, auto, autocar,
     automatic dishwasher, automobile, baptize, bark, basin, bath,
     bathe, bathtub, bidet, blimp, boat, bottom, bowl, bucket, buggy,
     bus, car, catch basin, cereal bowl, cistern, cold shower, craft,
     crate, dishpan, dishwasher, douche, dumpling, ewer, fatty,
     finger bowl, flush, flush out, gargle, gravy boat, heap, heavy,
     heavyweight, hip bath, hippo, holystone, hooker, hulk, hull,
     hummum, irrigate, jalopy, keel, kitchen sink, lather, launder,
     lavabo, lavatory, lave, leviathan, lump, machine, mop, mop up,
     motor, motor vehicle, motorcar, motorized vehicle, needle bath,
     packet, piscina, plunge bath, porringer, potbelly, punch bowl,
     rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse, roly-poly, salad bowl,
     sauce boat, sauna, sauna bath, scour, scrub, scrub up, shampoo,
     ship, shower, shower bath, shower curtain, shower head,
     shower room, shower stall, showers, sink, sitz bath, sluice,
     sluice out, soap, sponge, sponge bath, swab, swagbelly, sweat bath,
     syringe, terrine, toivel, trough, tub of lard, tun, tureen, vat,
     vessel, voiture, wash, wash barrel, wash boiler, wash out, wash up,
     washbasin, washbowl, washdish, washer, washing machine,
     washing pot, washpot, washstand, washtub, watercraft, wheels,
     whirlpool bath, wreck
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  TUB
       Technische Universitaet Berlin (org.)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  TUB
       
          {Technische Universita't Berlin}.  (Berlin technical
          university).
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  TUB, measures. In mercantile law, a tub is a measure containing sixty pounds 
  weight of tea; and from fifty-six to eighty-six pounds of camphor. Jacob's 
  Law Dict. h.t.