Definition of "thrum" [thrum]

Music To play (a stringed instrument) idly or monotonously: thrummed a guitar. (verb-transitive)
To speak, repeat, or recite in a monotonous tone of voice; drone. (verb-transitive)
Music To strum idly on a stringed instrument. (verb-intransitive)
To speak in a monotonous tone of voice; drone. (verb-intransitive)
A thrumming sound. (noun)

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Use "thrum" in a sentence

"The thrum is the fringed end of a weaver's web; a thrum hat was made of very coarse tufted woollen cloth."
"The genotype GgAaPp gives rise to the "thrum" phenotype, which has short styles, long anthers, and thrum pollen."
"- The dominant P, allele codes for "thrum" pollen, the recessive, p allele codes for "pin" pollen, which is much smaller."

Words like "thrum"

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