Meaning of "tub" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TUB

From Middle Dutch tubbe.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TUB

tub  [tʌb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUB

Tub is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tub in English.

WHAT DOES TUB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tub

Tub or Tubs may refer to: ▪ A container: ▪ a large round container without a lid: ▪ a plant pot ▪ a laundry washer ▪ a shallow, plastic or paper container, typically with a lid or closure ▪ A bathtub, a plumbing fixture for bathing ▪ Hot tub, a large bath or small pool designed to comfortably hold multiple persons ▪ Quarry tub, a type of railway or tramway wagon ▪ Slack tub, in blacksmithing, a quench ▪ Tub boat, an unpowered cargo boat used on early canals ▪ Narrowboat, a type of canal boat ▪ Twin tub, a type of washing machine ▪ Tub file, in computing, an early, primitive random access memory technology. ▪ Tub Welch, a baseball player. ▪ Ryan Tubridy, an Irish broadcaster and writer ▪ The Tub Sitting in the Tub a method of execution TUB may refer to: ▪ TUB ▪ Citroën TUB, a light van ▪ Technical University of Berlin ▪ The Urantia Book ▪ Transports Urbains du Beauvaisis TUBS may refer to: ▪ Time unit box system...

Definition of tub in the English dictionary

The first definition of tub in the dictionary is a low wide open container, typically round, originally one made of wood and used esp for washing: now made of wood, plastic, metal, etc, and used in a variety of domestic and industrial situations. Other definition of tub is a small plastic or cardboard container of similar shape for ice cream, margarine, etc. Tub is also Also called: tubful. the amount a tub will hold.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TUB

PRESENT

Present

I tub

you tub

he/she/it tubs

we tub

you tub

they tub

Present continuous

I am tubbing

you are tubbing

he/she/it is tubbing

we are tubbing

you are tubbing

they are tubbing

Present perfect

I have tubbed

you have tubbed

he/she/it has tubbed

we have tubbed

you have tubbed

they have tubbed

Present perfect continuous

I have been tubbing

you have been tubbing

he/she/it has been tubbing

we have been tubbing

you have been tubbing

they have been tubbing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tubbed

you tubbed

he/she/it tubbed

we tubbed

you tubbed

they tubbed

Past continuous

I was tubbing

you were tubbing

he/she/it was tubbing

we were tubbing

you were tubbing

they were tubbing

Past perfect

I had tubbed

you had tubbed

he/she/it had tubbed

we had tubbed

you had tubbed

they had tubbed

Past perfect continuous

I had been tubbing

you had been tubbing

he/she/it had been tubbing

we had been tubbing

you had been tubbing

they had been tubbing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will tub

you will tub

he/she/it will tub

we will tub

you will tub

they will tub

Future continuous

I will be tubbing

you will be tubbing

he/she/it will be tubbing

we will be tubbing

you will be tubbing

they will be tubbing

Future perfect

I will have tubbed

you will have tubbed

he/she/it will have tubbed

we will have tubbed

you will have tubbed

they will have tubbed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been tubbing

you will have been tubbing

he/she/it will have been tubbing

we will have been tubbing

you will have been tubbing

they will have been tubbing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would tub

you would tub

he/she/it would tub

we would tub

you would tub

they would tub

Conditional continuous

I would be tubbing

you would be tubbing

he/she/it would be tubbing

we would be tubbing

you would be tubbing

they would be tubbing

Conditional perfect

I would have tub

you would have tub

he/she/it would have tub

we would have tub

you would have tub

they would have tub

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been tubbing

you would have been tubbing

he/she/it would have been tubbing

we would have been tubbing

you would have been tubbing

they would have been tubbing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you tub
we let´s tub
you tub

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to tub

Past participle

tubbed

Present Participle

tubbing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF TUB

Find out the translation of tub to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tub from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tub» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 浴缸
• Translator English - Spanish: cubo
• English: tub
• Translator English - Hindi: टब
• Translator English - Arabic: الحوض
• Translator English - Russian: ванна
• Translator English - Portuguese: tina
• Translator English - Bengali: টব
• Translator English - French: pot
• Translator English - Malay: Tab mandi
• Translator English - German: Kübel
• Translator English - Japanese: 容器
• Translator English - Korean: 욕조
• Translator English - Javanese: Bak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bồn tắm
• Translator English - Tamil: தொட்டி
• Translator English - Marathi: टब
• Translator English - Turkish: küvet
• Translator English - Italian: vaschetta
• Translator English - Polish: wanna
• Translator English - Ukrainian: ванна
• Translator English - Romanian: cadă
• Translator English - Greek: μπανιέρα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bad
• Translator English - Swedish: badkar
• Translator English - Norwegian: tub

10 QUOTES WITH «TUB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tub.

1

Henry Beard

You can often wash your troubles away with the right kind of bath. Throw everything you have into the tub: bubble gels, bubble oils, bubble powders, bubble gum.

2

Raymond Bonner

Golf in Indonesia has something else to offer: ways to make you forget the last four hours and take away the aches. Nearly every course has a spa - hot tub, cold tub, sauna and massage.

3

Neve Campbell

If you're in a company, you're dancing from 9 a.m. till 7 in the evening, and then you go home and get in a hot tub and get some Epsom salts and try to get your body goin' again. There's no social life, no anything.

4

Joel Coen

And when you see it the first time you put the film together, the roughest cut, is when you want to go home and open up your veins and get in a warm tub and just go away. And then it gradually, maybe, works its way back, somewhere toward that spot you were at before.

5

Claudette Colbert

It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

6

Danny DeVito

I lay on the ground, but then I can't reach - I don't want to take my foot out of the tub - but I've got to call somebody because I've got to get a band-aid or something to stop the bleeding.

7

Brian Austin Green

I take a baths all the time. I'll put on some music and burn some incense and just sit in the tub and think, Wow, life is great right now.

8

Jerry Greenfield

Ben & Jerry's is an indulgent dessert that should be eaten in moderation. You should not be replacing more than one meal a day with ice cream. We do not consider a pint or a tub of ice cream to be a single serving.

9

Sanaa Lathan

I love going to the movies and getting Raisinets, a big tub of popcorn and a Coke. That's definitely a guilty pleasure because I can't be doing that all the time.

10

Robin Leach

There is this image of a guy in a hot tub, drinking champagne with two buxom blondes. But that is not the real me. I am a father, and I am a grandfather, too.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUB»

Discover the use of tub in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tub and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Just Me in the Tub

Little Critter has great fun taking a bath with all his toys

Gina Mayer, Mercer Mayer, 2001

Ten Guardian Angels and a Tin Tub: A Memoir

But the war would not last forever, and Adalbert would come out to find a happy life. Here, he shares his memories of his Ten Guardian Angels and a Tin Tub.

Adalbert Krei, 2011

To the Tub

Joe the frog needs a bath, but he makes the trip to the tub a challenge for his father.

‎2001

Tub Toys

When his father calls out "Bath time," a young boy starts gathering all of the toys that will make his bathing fun.

Timothy Warner, Terry Miller Shannon, Terry Shannon Miller, 2007

I'm in the Tub, Gone

With all the great things we are provided, we also get many side effects that some thrive on and others do not welcome. Some of these are expectations, added or unwanted responsibility, inconvenience, or extreme supervision to name a few.

Richard James Carlson, 2004

A Tale of a Tub

A Tale Of A Tub Section VII,A Digression In Praise Of Digressions Section VIII.A Tale Of A Tub Section IX.A Digression Concerning The Original, The Use, And Improvement Of Madness In A Commonwealth Section X.A Farther Digression ...

Jonathan Swift, 2013

A Second Tale of a Tub: Or, The History of Robert Powel, the ...

A satire on the 1st earl of Oxford. Cf. D.N.B., Vol.7

Sir Thomas Burnet, 1715

Zelda's Tips from the Tub

She even received an honorary "Pet" degree from Harvard. Zelda's Tips from the Tub is the fifth book from this sixty-pound wise and witty bulldog.

Carol Gardner, 2005

Tub-Boo-Boo

Henry gets his toe stuck in the tub spout while taking a bath, and everyone who tries to free him gets stuck as well.

Margie Palatini, 2001

Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-to

Most tub/shower valves on the market come with a diverter spout and showerhead. Start by installing the faucet body. Bring l/-inch copper water supply pipe up in the tub wall to a height of 28 inches. Then cut a 44-inch length of copper for the ...

Albert Jackson, David Day, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tub is used in the context of the following news items.

Fans fume when Beyoncé dumps rumored $20K bottle of …

Wine lovers, music aficionados and fans of frugality are outraged after Queen Bey poured what is rumored to be a $20,000 of champagne into a hot tub in her ... «New York Daily News, May 15»

A Manchester United player's hot tub caught on fire during a poker …

According to various reports from media outlets in the UK, an electrical fault caused Smalling's hot tub to catch fire shortly after he finished a poker game with a ... «USA TODAY, May 15»

Hot tub: The perfect centerpiece for outdoor living

For a few years in the recent past, hot tubs fell out of favor (although they did star in quite a few jokes). Then came the rise in popularity of outdoor rooms — deck- ... «SouthCoastToday.com, Mar 15»

Hot Tub Dip Saves Calf From Freezing

ROSSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana farmer jumped into a hot tub with a shivering baby cow to save the calf's life. Carroll County farmer Dean Gangwer ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»

YouTuber Tapes Mentos To His Body, Jumps Into Tub Of Coke Zero …

In it, Hajime tapes Mentos to his body and jumps into a tub full of Coke Zero. We all know that Mentos and Diet Coke create a beautiful reaction when mixed ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»

'Hot Tub Time Machine 2': What the critics are saying

(CNN) "Hot Tub Time Machine 2" resurrects the time-traveling, R-rated antics of the cabin crew, with Adam Scott stepping in for John Cusack in the Steve ... «CNN, Feb 15»

'Hot Tub Time Machine 2' Heads to 2025

Anyone who saw “Hot Tub Time Machine” in 2010—there's no shame admitting it—knows two things. First, the movie was funnier than such a raunchy, ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 15»

Even the 'Hot Tub Time Machine 2' guys are jumping on the Patriots …

The Hot Tub guys pulled out most any reference to football from the comedy coming to theaters Feb. 20 — including a tackle, a Paul Revere patriot joke and ... «USA TODAY, Jan 15»

Naked Burglar in Keizer, Oregon, Drank Booze, Used Hot Tub: Police

A naked man was arrested after allegedly breaking into two homes on the same street, stripping down, drinking a homeowner's alcohol and using a hot tub, ... «NBCNews.com, Jan 15»

Sacramento dog survives 15-floor plunge, lands in hot tub

On the morning Sam became a neighborhood legend, he was sunning himself on the balcony, 15 stories up one of Sacramento's tallest high-rises. The small ... «Sacramento Bee, Dec 14»