thrums
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Definitions ofthrums
- A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
- A spicy taste; a tang.
- To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
Example: "She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently."
- To make a monotonous drumming noise.
Example: "to thrum on a table"
- The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
- (chiefly in plural) A fringe made of such threads.
- Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
- A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
- A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
- A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
- (chiefly in plural) Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
- A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
- A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
- To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
- To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
Example: "to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface"
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