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drum

(dr/@/m )

a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
membranophone, tympan

source: wordnet30
the sound of a drum(noun.event)

Example:
He could hear the drums before he heard the fifes.

source: wordnet30
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends(noun.shape)

Synonym:
barrel

source: wordnet30
a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
metal drum

source: wordnet30
a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
brake drum

source: wordnet30
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise(noun.animal)

Synonym:
drumfish

source: wordnet30
An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.(noun)

source: webster1913

make a rhythmic sound(verb.perception)

Example:
Rain drummed against the windshield.
The drums beat all night.

Synonym:
beat, thrum

source: wordnet30
play a percussion instrument(verb.creation)

source: wordnet30
study intensively, as before an exam(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
bone, bone up, cram, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up

source: wordnet30
To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.(verb)

source: webster1913
To execute on a drum, as a tune.(verb)

source: webster1913

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