Thrum vs Thru - What's the difference?
thrum | thru |
To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
To make a monotonous drumming noise.
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.
(botany) a threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
(botany) a tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
(anatomy) a bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
(nautical, chiefly in plural) small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
(nautical) a mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
(mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
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(nautical) to insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
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As a noun thrum
is a thrumming sound; a hum or vibration also fig or thrum can be the ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.As a verb thrum
is to cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking or thrum can be to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.As a preposition thru is
.thrum
English
Alternative forms
* thrumbEtymology 1
Imitative.Verb
- She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
- to thrum on a table
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m) from (etyl) and German Trumm.Noun
(en noun)Verb
- are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?
- to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface
thru
English
Preposition
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