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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THRUM

Of imitative origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF THRUM

thrum  [θrʌm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THRUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thrum is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb thrum in English.

WHAT DOES THRUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thrum

Thrum may refer to: ▪ Thrum, Scottish indie rock band ▪ Thomas George Thrum, American bookman ▪ Thrum, a flower morph ▪ Thrum, a piece of yarn...

Definition of thrum in the English dictionary

The first definition of thrum in the dictionary is to strum rhythmically but without expression on. Other definition of thrum is to drum incessantly. Thrum is also to repeat monotonously.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO THRUM

PRESENT

Present
I thrum
you thrum
he/she/it thrums
we thrum
you thrum
they thrum
Present continuous
I am thrumming
you are thrumming
he/she/it is thrumming
we are thrumming
you are thrumming
they are thrumming
Present perfect
I have thrummed
you have thrummed
he/she/it has thrummed
we have thrummed
you have thrummed
they have thrummed
Present perfect continuous
I have been thrumming
you have been thrumming
he/she/it has been thrumming
we have been thrumming
you have been thrumming
they have been thrumming
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I thrummed
you thrummed
he/she/it thrummed
we thrummed
you thrummed
they thrummed
Past continuous
I was thrumming
you were thrumming
he/she/it was thrumming
we were thrumming
you were thrumming
they were thrumming
Past perfect
I had thrummed
you had thrummed
he/she/it had thrummed
we had thrummed
you had thrummed
they had thrummed
Past perfect continuous
I had been thrumming
you had been thrumming
he/she/it had been thrumming
we had been thrumming
you had been thrumming
they had been thrumming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will thrum
you will thrum
he/she/it will thrum
we will thrum
you will thrum
they will thrum
Future continuous
I will be thrumming
you will be thrumming
he/she/it will be thrumming
we will be thrumming
you will be thrumming
they will be thrumming
Future perfect
I will have thrummed
you will have thrummed
he/she/it will have thrummed
we will have thrummed
you will have thrummed
they will have thrummed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been thrumming
you will have been thrumming
he/she/it will have been thrumming
we will have been thrumming
you will have been thrumming
they will have been thrumming
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would thrum
you would thrum
he/she/it would thrum
we would thrum
you would thrum
they would thrum
Conditional continuous
I would be thrumming
you would be thrumming
he/she/it would be thrumming
we would be thrumming
you would be thrumming
they would be thrumming
Conditional perfect
I would have thrum
you would have thrum
he/she/it would have thrum
we would have thrum
you would have thrum
they would have thrum
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been thrumming
you would have been thrumming
he/she/it would have been thrumming
we would have been thrumming
you would have been thrumming
they would have been thrumming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you thrum
we let´s thrum
you thrum
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to thrum
Past participle
thrummed
Present Participle
thrumming
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THRUM


angstrom
ˈæŋstrʌm
breadcrumb
ˈbrɛdˌkrʌm
Brum
brʌm
crumb
krʌm
drum
drʌm
eardrum
ˈɪəˌdrʌm
grum
ɡrʌm
humdrum
ˈhʌmˌdrʌm
humstrum
ˈhʌmˌstrʌm
kettledrum
ˈkɛtəlˌdrʌm
rhumb
rʌm
rum
rʌm
scrum
skrʌm
strum
strʌm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THRUM

thru
thrum-eyed
thrummed
thrummer
thrumming
thrummingly
thrummy
thrupenny
thrupenny bit
thruppence
thruppenny
thruput
thrush
thrust
thrust bearing
thrust fault
thruster
thrustful
thrusting
thrustings

WORDS THAT END LIKE THRUM

arum
aurum
barathrum
bass drum
broad-spectrum
centrum
conundrum
durum
Erzurum
forum
fulcrum
ngultrum
pyrethrum
quorum
serum
spectrum
tantrum
the drum
the Forum
Trivandrum

Synonyms and antonyms of thrum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thrum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THRUM

Find out the translation of thrum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thrum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thrum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

线头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

repiqueteo
570 millions of speakers

English

thrum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thrum
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عزف على نفس الوتيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бренчать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brevistilo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আলগা সুতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vrombissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Thrum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

thrum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

糸くず
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

실밥
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thrum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiếng kêu không thay đổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துணி வெட்டி எடுக்கப்பட்ட பிறகு தறியில் இருக்கிற நூல் தொங்கல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थ्रम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saçak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fare le fusa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thrum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бриньчати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zdrăngăni
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρυφή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rafel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thrum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thrum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thrum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THRUM»

The term «thrum» is regularly used and occupies the 61.536 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THRUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thrum» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thrum» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thrum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THRUM»

Discover the use of thrum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thrum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ancient Oʻahu: stories from Fornander & Thrum
These are stories of O'ahu before high rises, freeways and hotels, before sugar plantations and pineapple fields, before churches and bibles.
Dennis Kawaharada, 2001
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New Scientist
Figure 2. Diagrams of half flowers of Primula veris. (a) THRUM, (b) PIN. Figure 4. Cucullia verbasci. Darwin's son caught a specimen on. breeze which can blow through the house. Two facts came to light when I was studying populations in the ...
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Genetics of Populations
EXAMPLE 3.14 style and (Barrett, 1990; is the primrose, (see Figure 3.20). the positions of The primrose stigma are such insects generally with a high stigma Furthermore, even thrum stigma, English population pins and thrums, because there ...
Philip W. Hedrick, 2011
4
The Hermit of Humbug Mountain
Thrum-thrum, thrum-thrum, thrum-thrum.” She looked up at Delacroix and saw a beatific smile on his large, brown face. Chillout, too, seemed to be blissed out. She put a hand up to her own face and realized she must be smiling too.
Carolyn Rose, 2004
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Botanologia
Ancmone jtenurfalza flore ple-no came Purpurco : Narrow leav_ d doubleWind- flower, with a Purple Thrum. This differs chiefly from the other Purples in the color of the Flower, the outer leaves of this being white, and the Plush or i Thrum, of a ...
William Salmon, 1710
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Incompatibility and Incongruity in Wild and Cultivated Plants
In P. obconica, Golynskaya et al. (1976) reported that water-soluble proteins from pin and thrum pistils inhibit or delay the growth of pin and thrum pollen, respectively. Similar results were obtained by Shivanna et al. (1981) with P. vulgaris.
D. De Nettancourt, 2001
7
Memoirs of the life of the Right Honorable Richard Brinsley ...
I remember, one morning, as he was in this situation, thrum, thrum, thrum, ( moving his fingers as if beating on the harpsichord, J striking out something prodigiously great, as he thought, — ' Hah !' said he, — ' hah ! Mr. Simile, thrum, thrum, ...
Thomas Moore, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1825
8
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley ...
I remember, one morning, as he was in this situation, thrum, thrum, thrum, { mooing his Jingers as if beating on the harpsichord,) striking out something prodigiously great, as he thought, — ' Hah !' said he, — ' hah ! Mr. Simile, thrum, thrum, ...
Thomas Moore, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1826
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Memoirs of the life of ... Richard Brinsley Sheridan
I remember , one morning, as he was in this situation , thrum, thrum , thrum, { moving his fingers as if beating on the harpsichord), striking out something prodigiously great, as he thought , — ' Hah ! ' said he, — 'hah ! Mr. Simile , thrum, thrum, ...
Thomas Moore, 1835
10
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley ...
I remember, one morning, as he was in this situation, thrum, thrum, thrum, ( moving his fingers as if beating on the harpsichord,) striking out something prodigiously great, as he thought,—'Hah!'said he,—'hah! Mr. Simile, thrum, thrum, thrum ...
Thomas Moore, 1968

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THRUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thrum is used in the context of the following news items.
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Battles Ready 'Techno Thrum' of New LP 'La Di Da Di'
The trio describe La Di Da Di as "a mushrooming monolith of repetition. Here is an organic techno thrum of nearly infinite loops that refuse to remain consistent.". «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
2
Hope Drone Plucks "The Chords That Thrum Beneath The Earth"
Following the previous stream of "Riverbeds Hewn In Marrow," Hope Drone now has another otherwordly black metal track online from forthcomign album ... «Metal Underground, Jul 15»
3
Review: Roomful of Teeth Duels With Sounds of the Financial District
Instead, the thrum of building generators, garbage compactors and air-conditioning units created a metallic haze from which the singers' voices first emerged ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
4
Holding musical history
She owns it, coaxing sounds from its hourglass body that thrum with authority and sweetness. But Pitcairn is a generous soul, and she was confident that her ... «Albany Times Union, Jun 15»
5
How burial, memorials and support groups can ease the pain of a …
... that break up a great expanse of grass. On a Monday afternoon, even with the constant thrum of life on the nearby highway, Gateway felt like a tranquil place. «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
6
Zoologger: Musical spider purrs like a cat to attract mates
To check that the “thrum” isn't a bog-standard vibration signal, Uetz and Sweger used a vibration detector called a laser Doppler vibrometer to detect the ... «New Scientist, May 15»
7
Two years after Bangladesh factory collapse, a struggle to set things …
DHAKA, Bangladesh — The thrum of needles filled the expansive factory floor as machines embroidered small hearts on thousands of pieces of fabric. Piles of ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»
8
A country girl at heart
The Glasgow singer-songwriter and Thrum frontwoman has been hailed as one of our greatest voices by Grant Lee Phillips (Grant Lee Buffalo) and Gary ... «Herald Scotland, Apr 15»
9
New initative aims to engage, support parents
Leah Thrum, 7 (center) dances with her sister, Clara, 9, and mother, Larke Thrum, during a Zumba class in Beems Auditorium at Cedar Rapids Public Library on ... «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Nov 14»
10
Busy Great Lakes ports thrum to a manufacturing comeback
Jim Clark and the Cleveland Seaman's Service are welcoming more sailors, like this Polish crew, as the Port of Cleveland experiences an especially busy ... «The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, Oct 14»

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