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| Shopping | The largest selection of DRUM products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| NOUN | 1 | drum, membranophone, tympan | A musical percussion instrument |
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| 2 | drum | The sound of a drum | |
| 3 | drum, barrel | A bulging cylindrical shape | |
| 4 | drum, metal drum | A cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids | |
| 5 | drum, brake 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 | 1 | drum, beat, thrum | Make a rhythmic sound |
| 2 | drum | Play a percussion instrument | |
| 3 | 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, absenteeism, absolutism, and 548 more rhymes in 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 |
| Broader | percussion instrument, percussive instrument |
| Narrower | bass drum, gran casa; bongo, bongo drum; snare drum, snare, side drum; tabor, tabour; tambour; tambourine; tenor drum, tom-tom; timbrel |
| Verbs | drum |
| Meaning | The sound of a drum. |
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| Examples | "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes" |
| Broader | sound |
| Verbs | drum |
| Meaning | A bulging cylindrical shape. Hollow with flat ends. |
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| Synonyms | barrel |
| Broader | cylinder |
| Meaning | A cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids. |
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| Synonyms | metal drum |
| Broader | vessel |
| Meaning | A hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes. |
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| Synonyms | brake drum |
| Part of | drum brake |
| Broader | cylinder |
| 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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| Synonyms | drumfish |
| Broader | sciaenid fish, sciaenid |
| Narrower | striped drum, Equetus pulcher; jackknife-fish, Equetus lanceolatus; silver perch, mademoiselle, Bairdiella chrysoura; red drum, channel bass, redfish, Sciaenops ocellatus |
| Meaning | Make a rhythmic sound. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" |
| Synonyms | beat, thrum |
| Similar to | beat |
| Broader | sound, go |
| Nouns | drummer |
| Meaning | Play a percussion instrument. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Category | music |
| Broader | play |
| Nouns | drumming; drummer; drum; drum |
| 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 |
| Similar to | cram |
| Broader | study, hit the books |
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