drum
1. a musical percussion instrument;
usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
membranophone, tympan
• Derivationally related forms:
tympanist (for: tympan)
• Hypernyms:
percussion instrument, percussive instrument
• Hyponyms:
bass drum, gran casa, bongo, bongo drum, snare drum,
snare, side drum, tabor, tabour, tambour, tambourine,
tenor drum, tom-tom, timbrel
• Part Meronyms:
drumhead, head
2. the sound of a drum (Freq. 1)
- he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
• Hypernyms:
sound
3. a bulging cylindrical shape;
hollow with flat ends
• Syn:
barrel
• Hypernyms:
cylinder
4. a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
• Syn:
metal drum
• Hypernyms:
vessel
5. a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
• Syn:
brake drum
• Hypernyms:
cylinder
• Part Holonyms:
drum brake
6. small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
• Syn:
drumfish
• Hypernyms:
sciaenid fish, sciaenid
• Hyponyms:
striped drum, Equetus pulcher, jackknife-fish, Equetus lanceolatus, silver perch,
mademoiselle, Bairdiella chrysoura, red drum, channel bass, redfish, Sciaenops ocellatus
1. make a rhythmic sound (Freq. 1)
- Rain drummed against the windshield
- The drums beat all night
• Syn:
beat, thrum
• Derivationally related forms:
beat (for: beat), drummer
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Group:
beat
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. play a percussion instrument (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
drummer, drumming
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. study intensively, as before an exam
- I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
• Syn:
cram, grind away, bone up, swot, get up,
mug up, swot up, bone
• Derivationally related forms:
swot (for: swot), crammer (for: cram)
• Hypernyms:
study, hit the books
• Verb Group:
cram
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something PP
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