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Meaning
Noun
●
A
thrumming
sound
; a
hum
or vibration.
●
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.
●
A
fringe
made of
such threads.
●
Any
short
piece
of
leftover
thread
or
yarn
; a
tuft
or tassel.
●
In Botany:
A
threadlike
part of a
flower
; a stamen.
●
In Botany:
A
tuft
,
bundle
, or
fringe
of any
threadlike
structures
, as
hairs
on a
leaf
,
fibers
of a root.
●
In Anatomy:
A
bundle
of
minute
blood vessels
, a plexus.
●
In Nautical:
Small
pieces
of
rope yarn
used for making
mats
or mops.
●
In Nautical:
A
mat
made of
canvas
and
tufts
of yarn.
●
In 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.
●
In Nautical:
To
insert
short
pieces
of rope-yarn or
spun
yarn
in.
Adj
●
Made of or
woven
from thrum.
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Synonyms
Thrumb
Hum
Related
Thudding
Rumbling
Whir
Clatter
Cacophony
Roar
Tinkling
Clanging
Whirr
Whirring
Rhymes
Um
Rum
Bum
Gum
Sum
Dum
Lum
Tum
Cum
Yum
Hum
Mum
Numb
Come
Tumb
Some
Slum
Swum
Scum
Chum
Plum
Dumb
Brum
Glum
Drum
From
Plumb
Scrum
Thrum
Thumb
Strum
Crumb
Become
Succumb
Kingdom Come
Blow To Kingdom Come
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