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drum

/ drum /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
Type of:
sciaenid fish sciaenid
Kinds of:
striped drum Equetus pulcher jackknife-fish Equetus lanceolatus silver perch
noun Sense 2
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end
Type of:
percussion instrument percussive instrument
Kinds of:
bass drum gran casa bongo bongo drum snare drum
noun Sense 3
a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
Type of:
vessel
noun Sense 4
the sound of a drum
"he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
Type of:
sound
verb Sense 5
play a percussion instrument
Type of:
play
Derived:
membranophone tympan drummer drumming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
music
verb Sense 6
make a rhythmic sound
"Rain drummed against the windshield"
"The drums beat all night"
Type of:
sound go
Derived:
rhythm beat musical rhythm drummer
Verb group:
beat
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun Sense 7
a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
Type of:
cylinder
Has parts:
drum brake drum brakes
noun Sense 8
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
Type of:
cylinder
verb Sense 9
study intensively, as before an exam
"I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
Type of:
study hit the books
Derived:
swot grind nerd wonk dweeb
Verb group:
cram
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
40
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

sciaenid fish sciaenid striped drum Equetus pulcher jackknife-fish Equetus lanceolatus silver perch percussion instrument percussive instrument bass drum gran casa bongo