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
thrummed
simple past tense and past participle of thrum
thrummed (not comparable)
(textiles) Made with thrums (leftover warp thread) woven into the fabric.
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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
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
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