| NOUN | artifact | drum, membranophone, tympan | a musical percussion instrument |
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| event | drum | the sound of a drum | |
| shape | drum, barrel | a bulging cylindrical shape | |
| artifact | drum, metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids / liquids | |
| artifact | drum, brake drum | a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes | |
| animal | drum, drumfish | small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise | |
| VERB | perception | drum, beat, thrum | make a rhythmic sound |
| creation | drum | play a percussion instrument | |
| cognition | drum, cram, grind away, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone | study intensively, as before an exam |
| Sounds | drah'm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end. | |
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| Synonyms | membranophone, tympan | |
| Parts | drumhead, head | A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum |
| Narrower | bass drum, gran casa | A large drum with two heads |
| bongo, bongo drum | A small drum | |
| snare drum, snare, side drum | A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head | |
| tabor, tabour | A small drum with one head of soft calfskin | |
| tambour | A drum | |
| tambourine | A shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides | |
| tenor drum, tom-tom | Any of various drums with small heads | |
| timbrel | small hand drum similar to a tambourine | |
| Broader | percussion instrument, percussive instrument | A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another |
| Spanish | membranófono, tambor, tímpano | |
| Catalan | membranòfon, membranófono, tambor | |
| Verbs | drum | play a percussion instrument |
| Meaning | The sound of a drum. | |
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| Example | "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes" | |
| Broader | sound | The sudden occurrence of an audible event |
| Verbs | drum | play a percussion instrument |
| Meaning | A bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends. | |
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| Synonym | barrel | |
| Broader | cylinder | A surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line |
| Spanish | barril, cilindro, tambor | |
| Catalan | bóta, tambor, tona | |
| Meaning | A cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids / liquids. | |
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| Synonym | metal drum | |
| Broader | vessel | An object used as a container (especially for liquids / liquids) |
| Spanish | bidón | |
| Catalan | bidó | |
| Meaning | A hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes. | |
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| Synonym | brake drum | |
| Part of | drum brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe |
| Broader | cylinder | A surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line |
| Spanish | tambor | |
| Catalan | tambor | |
| Meaning | small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise. | |
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| Synonym | drumfish | |
| Narrower | jackknife-fish, Equetus lanceolatus | Black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin |
| red drum, channel bass, redfish, Sciaenops ocellatus | large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico | |
| silver perch, mademoiselle, Bairdiella chrysoura | small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch | |
| striped drum, Equetus pulcher | A kind of drumfish | |
| Broader | sciaenid fish, sciaenid | widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound |
| Meaning | make a rhythmic sound. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | beat, thrum | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Similar to | beat | Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks |
| Spanish | golpetear, martillear, tamborear, tamborilear | |
| Catalan | copejar, martellejar, tamborinar, tamborinejar | |
| Nouns | drummer | someone who plays a drum |
| Meaning | Play a percussion instrument. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Category | music | musical activity (singing / singing / singing or whistling etc.) |
| Broader | play | Perform music on (a musical instrument) |
| Nouns | drum | a musical percussion instrument |
| drum | the sound of a drum | |
| drummer | someone who plays a drum | |
| drumming | the act of playing drums | |
| Meaning | study intensively, as before an exam. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | cram, grind away, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone | |
| Broader | study, hit the books | Learn by reading books |
| Similar to | cram | Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam |
| Spanish | empollar, estudiar | |
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