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v. - Make a rhythmic sound; Sound the strings of (a string instrument);

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Usage examples (37)
  • He could hear the thrum of a banjo
  • 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.
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