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Definition of 'thrum'English
Alternative forms
* thrumb
Etymology 1
Imitative.
Noun
( en-noun)
A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration. Also fig.
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Verb
To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
- She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
To make a monotonous drumming noise.
- to thrum on a table
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m) from (etyl) and German Trumm.
Noun
( en-noun)
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.
Verb
to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
* Quarles
- are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?
(nautical) to insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
- to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface
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