thrum
IPA: θrˈʌm
noun
- A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
- (figurative) A spicy taste; a tang.
- The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
- (chiefly in the 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 the 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 cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
- To make a monotonous drumming noise.
- To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
- (nautical) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
adjective
- Made of or woven from thrum.
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Examples of "thrum" in Sentences
- However, thrum sccns to be no consistent rule for this.
- Pin to pin and thrum to thrum pollination is ineffective.
- Fertilisation can only take place between pin and thrum flowers.
- Instead you thrum on and on about old arguments in which you were not involved.
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