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Meanings of drum in English

Russian
стальная бочка
Spanish
tambor
Wikidata

Type of container.

        стальная бочка
        Portuguese
        membranofone
        Catalan
        tambor
        Spanish
        membranófono

        A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end.

              membranofone
              Portuguese
              marrar

              To study intensively, as before an exam.

                  marrar
                  Portuguese
                  bater
                  Catalan
                  tamborinar

                  Make a rhythmic sound.

                        bater
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                        Examples for "beat"
                        Examples for "beat"
                        1
                        He choked; the blood beat in his head; he was at bursting-point.
                        Jean-Christophe, Volume I
                        2
                        Twice the English beat the enemy in the triangle between the rivers.
                        The Long White Cloud: "Ao Tea Roa"
                        3
                        Mr Trump beat Ms Clinton by 5 per cent four years ago.
                        News.com.au
                        4
                        The rain beat upon them and the wind soughed in the trees.
                        Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies; Or, The Missing Pearl Necklace
                        5
                        We could hear the immense heart-beat of the world in the stillness.
                        Imaginations and Reveries
                        1
                        The thrum of machinery reminded him of the great industries on Ix.
                        The Winds of Dune
                        2
                        It spins so fast I can hear it thrum through the air.
                        Wired
                        3
                        Then he heard what sounded like the soft thrum of running water.
                        Gutshot straight
                        4
                        I'm not surprised, but I still feel a buried thrum of grief.
                        The nobodies album
                        5
                        All I could hear was the thrum of trucks on the overpass.
                        Pandemonium
                        Usage of drum in English
                        1
                        The New South Wales government said its drum lines were more humane.
                        News.com.au
                        2
                        Authorities said the drum lines would remain in place for a week.
                        Radio NZ
                        3
                        Dry the pieces in the drum, and the yarn in the stove.
                        Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881
                        4
                        Riley joined the following year after a mere month of drum lessons.
                        Radio NZ
                        5
                        State of Mind talked to Sam Wicks about the state of drum'n'bass.
                        Radio NZ
                        6
                        Suddenly a drum rolled in the yard, in front of the house.
                        Short-Stories
                        7
                        But Random came clear, seated before a drum set, sticks in hand.
                        The Great Book of Amber
                        8
                        It is in the minor and is like the drum-beat of tragedy.
                        Chopin : the Man and His Music
                        9
                        Suddenly the drum began to beat in the courtyard before the house.
                        Original Short Stories — Volume 08
                        10
                        In the sky the trumpet was sounded-thegreat medicine drum was struck.
                        Indian Boyhood
                        11
                        Tapping into the state of the universe via financial meltdown-related drum freakouts?
                        The Irish Times
                        12
                        This is a buffalo drum made in the traditional native american way.
                        The new yorker
                        13
                        I heard music ahead: syrinx, oud, and drum, a peculiarly Porphyrian combination.
                        Seraphina
                        14
                        The second half of the book was an analysis of drum code.
                        Sins of the Fathers
                        15
                        It's just a great place for me to play drum n' bass.
                        Radio NZ
                        16
                        The boom swung out and the drum of the winch began unrolling.
                        Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope
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