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Drum

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Noun

1. drum, membranophone, tympan

a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

2. drum

the sound of a drum

Example Sentences:
'he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes'

3. barrel, drum

a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

4. drum, metal drum

a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

5. brake drum, drum

a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

6. drum, drumfish

small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

Verb

7. beat, drum, thrum

make a rhythmic sound

Example Sentences:
'Rain drummed against the windshield'
'The drums beat all night'

8. drum

play a percussion instrument

9. bone, bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up

study intensively, as before an exam

Example Sentences:
'I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Drum

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noun
1. music
a percussion instrument sounded by striking a membrane stretched across the opening of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere
2.  beat the drum for
3. 
the sound produced by a drum or any similar sound
4. 
an object that resembles a drum in shape, such as a large spool or a cylindrical container
5. architecture
a. 
one of a number of cylindrical blocks of stone used to construct the shaft of a column
b. 
the wall or structure supporting a dome or cupola
6.  short for eardrum
7. Also called: drumfish
any of various North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fishes, such as Equetus pulcher (striped drum), that utter a drumming sound
8. 
a type of hollow rotor for steam turbines or axial compressors
9. computing
a rotating cylindrical device on which data may be stored for later retrieval: now mostly superseded by disks
disk (sense 2)
10. archaic
a drummer
11.  the drum
verbWord forms: drums, drumming or drummed
12. 
to play (music) on or as if on a drum
13. 
to beat or tap (the fingers) rhythmically or regularly
14. (intransitive)
(of birds) to produce a rhythmic sound, as by beating the bill against a tree, branch, etc
15. (transitive; sometimes foll by up)
to summon or call by drumming
16. (transitive)
to instil by constant repetition
to drum an idea into someone's head
noun
Scottish and Irish
a narrow ridge or hill

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Drum

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noun
1. 
a. 
a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched tightly over the end or ends, played by beating with the hands, sticks, etc.
b.  [pl.]
a set of drums and cymbals played by one person in a jazz, rock, or dance band
2. 
the sound produced by beating a drum, or any sound like this
3. 
any of various drumlike cylindrical objects
; specif.,
a. 
a metal spool or cylinder around which cable, etc. is wound in a machine
b. 
a barrel-like metal container for oil, etc.
c. 
any of the cylindrical blocks making up the shaft of a stone column
d. 
the circular or polygonal wall supporting a dome
4.  US
any of a family (Sciaenidae) of marine and freshwater percoid fishes that make a drumming sound
5.  Anatomy
a. 
middle ear
b. 
tympanic membrane
verb intransitiveWord forms: drummed or ˈdrumming
6. 
to beat a drum
7. 
to beat or tap continually or rhythmically, as with the fingers
8.  US
to make a loud, reverberating sound by quivering the wings
said of the ruffed grouse, etc.
verb transitive
9. 
to play (a tune, rhythm, etc.) on or as on a drum
10. 
to beat or tap continually
11. 
to assemble by beating a drum
12. 
to instill (ideas, facts, etc.) into by continued repetition
noun Scottish and Irish
1. 
a narrow hill or ridge
2. 
drumlin

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Drum

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n. pl. drums
1.
a. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched tightly over one or both ends, played by beating with the hands or sticks.
b. A sound produced by this instrument.
2. Something resembling a drum in shape or structure, especially a barrellike metal container or a metal cylinder wound with cable, wire, or heavy rope.
3. Architecture
a. A circular or polygonal wall supporting a dome or cupola. Also called tambour.
b. Any of the cylindrical stone blocks that are stacked to form the shaft of a column.
4. Any of various marine and freshwater fishes of the family Sciaenidae that make a drumming sound by vibrating certain muscles attached to the swim bladder.
5. Anatomy The eardrum.
v. drummed, drum·ming, drums
v. intr.
1. To play a drum or drums.
2. To thump or tap rhythmically or continually: nervously drummed on the table.
3. To produce a booming, reverberating sound by beating the wings, as certain birds do.
v. tr.
1. To perform (a piece or tune) on or as if on a drum.
2. To summon by or as if by beating a drum.
3. To make known to or force upon (a person) by constant repetition: drummed the answers into my head.
4. To expel or dismiss in disgrace. Often used with out: was drummed out of the army.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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