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                  ]
                ]
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          ],
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                "sn": "2 a",
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                  ]
                ]
              }
            ],
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              "sense",
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                "sn": "b",
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}the narrow basal portion of a corolla with united petals or a calyx with united sepals"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ],
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              "sense",
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                "sn": "3",
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|inner tube||}"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
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              "sense",
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                "sn": "4 a",
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                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|electron tube||}"
                  ]
                ],
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                    [
                      "text",
                      "{bc}{sx|vacuum tube||}"
                    ]
                  ]
                }
              }
            ],
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              "sense",
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                "sn": "b",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|cathode-ray tube||}"
                  ]
                ],
                "sdsense": {
                  "sd": "especially",
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                    [
                      "text",
                      "{bc}a television picture tube"
                    ]
                  ]
                }
              }
            ],
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              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "c",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|television||}"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ],
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              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "5",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}an article of clothing shaped like a tube "
                  ],
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                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "a {wi}tube{/wi} top"
                      },
                      {
                        "t": "{wi}tube{/wi} socks"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
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        "ure": "tubed",
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          {
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            "sound": {
              "audio": "tube0002",
              "ref": "c",
              "stat": "1"
            }
          },
          {
            "mw": "ˈtyübd"
          }
        ],
        "fl": "adjective"
      },
      {
        "ure": "tube*like",
        "prs": [
          {
            "mw": "ˈtüb-ˌlīk",
            "sound": {
              "audio": "tube0003",
              "ref": "c",
              "stat": "1"
            }
          },
          {
            "mw": "ˈtyüb-"
          }
        ],
        "fl": "adjective"
      }
    ],
    "dros": [
      {
        "drp": "down the tube",
        "vrs": [
          {
            "vl": "or",
            "va": "down the tubes"
          }
        ],
        "def": [
          {
            "sseq": [
              [
                [
                  "sense",
                  {
                    "dt": [
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                        "text",
                        "{bc}into a state of collapse or deterioration"
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                  }
                ]
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          }
        ]
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    ],
    "et": [
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        "text",
        "French, from Latin {it}tubus{/it}; akin to Latin {it}tuba{/it} trumpet"
      ]
    ],
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      "any of various usually cylindrical structures or devices: such as",
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      "a soft tubular container whose contents (such as toothpaste) can be removed by squeezing"
    ]
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    "meta": {
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      "sort": "200432900",
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      "section": "alpha",
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        "tube foot",
        "tube foots"
      ],
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    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "tube foot"
    },
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                "dt": [
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}one of the small flexible tubular processes of most echinoderms that are extensions of the water-vascular system and are used especially in locomotion and grasping"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "date": "1888",
    "shortdef": [
      "one of the small flexible tubular processes of most echinoderms that are extensions of the water-vascular system and are used especially in locomotion and grasping"
    ]
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    "meta": {
      "id": "tube nucleus",
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      "sort": "200433100",
      "src": "collegiate",
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      "stems": [
        "tube nucleus",
        "tube nucleuses"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "tube nucleus"
    },
    "fl": "noun",
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        "sseq": [
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              "sense",
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                "dt": [
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}the one of the two nuclei formed by mitotic division of a microspore during the formation of a pollen grain that is held to control subsequent growth of the pollen tube and that does not divide again {dx}compare {dxt|generative nucleus||}{/dx}"
                  ]
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    ],
    "date": "1939",
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      "the one of the two nuclei formed by mitotic division of a microspore during the formation of a pollen grain that is held to control subsequent growth of the pollen tube and that does not divide again"
    ]
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        "tube pan",
        "tube pans"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "tube pan"
    },
    "fl": "noun",
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        "sseq": [
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                "dt": [
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                    "{bc}a ring-shaped cake pan with a tubular center"
                  ]
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    "date": "1897",
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      "a ring-shaped cake pan with a tubular center"
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        "tube worm",
        "tube worms"
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    },
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      "hw": "tube worm"
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              "bs",
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                  ]
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              }
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              {
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}any of various polychaetes or oligochaetes"
                  ]
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              }
            ],
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              "pseq",
              [
                [
                  "sense",
                  {
                    "sn": "b (1)",
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                        "text",
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                ],
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                  "sense",
                  {
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                        "text",
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      "a worm that lives in a tube (as one composed of sand grains or calcium carbonate) : such as",
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    ]
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    ]
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      "hw": "tube top"
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        "sls": [
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          [
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                "dt": [
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}a piece of clothing for women and girls that is shaped like a tube and that covers the chest and back but not the shoulders or arms"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
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      }
    ],
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      "a piece of clothing for women and girls that is shaped like a tube and that covers the chest and back but not the shoulders or arms"
    ]
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      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "auditory tube",
        "auditory tubes"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
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      "hw": "auditory tube"
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                "dt": [
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        "boob tube",
        "boob tubes"
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      "offensive": true
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      "hw": "boob tube"
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                        [
                          "text",
                          "usually used with {it}the{/it} "
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                        [
                          "vis",
                          [
                            {
                              "t": "She also began walking instead of plopping down in front of the {wi}boob tube{/wi} every night.",
                              "aq": {
                                "auth": "Deborah Gregory"
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                "sn": "2",
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                  "informal"
                ],
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|tube top||} "
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                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "… her stage outfit of camouflage hot pants, over-the-knee boots and a {wi}boob tube{/wi} with the word \"love\" scrawled across it was a bit much …",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "Libby Callaway"
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                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "date": "1959{ds||1||}",
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      "television —usually used with the",
      "tube top"
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      "sort": "020410900",
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      "section": "alpha",
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        "breathing tube",
        "breathing tubes"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
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      "hw": "breathing tube"
    },
    "fl": "noun",
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      {
        "il": "plural",
        "if": "breathing tubes"
      }
    ],
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            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "1",
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                  "medical"
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                    "{bc}a usually small plastic tube inserted (as through the nose or mouth) into the trachea especially to deliver oxygen or anesthesia to the lungs "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "… tracheostomy, a complication-prone and cosmetically undesirable insertion of a {wi}breathing tube{/wi} through the neck.",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "John Grossmann"
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                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ],
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                      "text",
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                      "vis",
                      [
                        {
                          "t": "… her life is sustained by a {wi}breathing tube{/wi} that hospital authorities are unwilling to disconnect.",
                          "aq": {
                            "auth": "Judy Flander"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "t": "Eventually, anesthesia was called to insert a {wi}breathing tube{/wi} and Mrs. M was placed on a ventilator because she could not breathe adequately on her own.",
                          "aq": {
                            "auth": "Kiran Gupta"
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                        }
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              }
            ]
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                "sense": {
                  "sn": "2",
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                    [
                      "text",
                      "{bc}a tubular anatomical part through which air passes into or out of the body: such as"
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              }
            ],
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "a",
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                    "{bc}a {d_link|trachea|trachea} or {d_link|bronchial tube|bronchial tube} of an air-breathing vertebrate "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "… immediate help would be available to any student suffering anaphylaxis, the severe allergic reaction that can close off {wi}breathing tubes{/wi} and send the body into shock.",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah"
                        }
                      },
                      {
                        "t": "Bronchiectasis is abnormal dilation of the bronchi, the {wi}breathing tubes{/wi} of the lungs.",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "Paul G. Donohue"
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                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ],
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "b",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}one of the air-conveying tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many other arthropods {bc}{sx|trachea||3} "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "… tracheal mites, even tinier parasites, which attack bees' {wi}breathing tubes{/wi} …",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "Elizabeth Kolbert"
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                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
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      "a usually small plastic tube inserted (as through the nose or mouth) into the trachea especially to deliver oxygen or anesthesia to the lungs; especially : endotracheal tube",
      "a tubular anatomical part through which air passes into or out of the body: such as",
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]