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THRUM
thrum
(noun) a thrumming sound; “he could hear the thrum of a banjo”
drum, beat, thrum
(verb) make a rhythmic sound; “Rain drummed against the windshield”; “The drums beat all night”
strum, thrum
(verb) sound the strings of (a stringed instrument); “strum a guitar”
hum, thrum
(verb) sound with a monotonous hum
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Imitative.
Noun
thrum (plural thrums)
A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
(figurative) A spicy taste; a tang.
Verb
thrum (third-person singular simple present thrums, present participle thrumming, simple past and past participle thrummed)
To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
To make a monotonous drumming noise.
Etymology 2
Noun
thrum (plural thrums)
The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
(chiefly in plural) A fringe made of such threads.
Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
(botany) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
(botany) A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
(anatomy) A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
(nautical, chiefly in plural) Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
(nautical) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
(mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Adjective
thrum (not comparable)
Made of or woven from thrum.
Verb
thrum (third-person singular simple present thrums, present participle thrumming, simple past and past participle thrummed)
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
(nautical) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
Anagrams
• murth
Source: Wiktionary
Thrum, n. Etym: [OE. thrum, throm; akin to OD. drom, D. dreum, G. trumm, lump, end, fragment, OHG. drum end, Icel. edge, brim, and L. terminus a limit, term. Cf. Term.] [Written also thrumb.]
1. One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
2. Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
4. (Mining)
Definition: A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
5. (Naut.)
Definition: A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn. Thrum cap, a knitted cap. Halliwell.
– Thrum hat, a hat made of coarse woolen cloth. Minsheu.
Thrum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrumming.]
1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe. Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw Quarles.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface. Totten.
Thrum, v. i. Etym: [CF. Icel. to rattle, to thunder, and E. drum.]
1. To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
2. Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.
Thrum, v. t.
1. To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.
2. Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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