adj
Meaning 1
Made of or woven from thrum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
thrum
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /θɹʌm/
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General-American: /θɹʌm/
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rhymes with -ʌm
noun
Meaning 2
A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
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noun
Meaning 3
A spicy taste; a tang.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 4
The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
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noun
Meaning 5
A fringe made of such threads.
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Usage: in-plural
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noun
Meaning 6
Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
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noun
Meaning 7
A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 11
A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 12
A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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noun
Meaning 13
A threepenny bit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, slang
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Synonyms: thrummer
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To cause a steady rhythmic vibration in (something), usually by plucking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
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verb
Meaning 15
To make a monotonous drumming noise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- to thrum on a table
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verb
Meaning 16
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1644-1646, Francis Quarles, Boanerges and Barnabas—Wine and Oyle for [...] afflicted Soules are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?
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verb
Meaning 17
To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface
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noun
Meaning 18
a thrumming sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he could hear the thrum of a banjo
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Broader terms: sound
verb
Meaning 19
make a rhythmic sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Rain drummed against the windshield
- The drums beat all night
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drum, beat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound, go
verb
Meaning 20
sound the strings of (a string instrument)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- strum a guitar
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Synonyms: strum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound
verb
Meaning 21
sound with a monotonous hum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound, go
History
Etymology
From Middle English thrum, throm (> Anglo-French trome), from Old English *þrum (found in tungeþrum (“ligament of the tongue”)) from Proto-Germanic *þrumą. Cognate with German Trumm, Trümmer and Old Norse þrǫmr (“edge, brim”), and more distantly to Latin termen.
Imitative.
Apparently a reduced form of the stem of threepenny/threepence through a sequence such as /ˈθrɛp(ə)n-/ > /ˈθrʊp(ə)m-/ > /ˈθrʊm-/ (> /ˈθɹʌm-/).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: tutkaimet — ends of warp threads left unwoven
- Māori: kihukihu — a fringe of threads
- Māori: hikuhiku — a fringe of threads
- Māori: hukahuka — a fringe of threads
- Italian: filaccia — short piece of yarn
- Bulgarian: дрънкам (drǎnkam) — to cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking
- Czech: brumlat — to cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking
- Finnish: rämpyttää — to cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking
- Russian: бренча́ть (brenčátʹ) — to cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking
- Bulgarian: барабаня (barabanja) — to make a monotonous drumming noise
- Finnish: rummuttaa — to make a monotonous drumming noise