thrum /θɹʌm/noun 12verb 4adjective 1forms 3 noun12 •The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.The twister is given a harness filled with thrums or short ends of the old warp which has been returned from the looms. These thrums of silk are all that remain of the last warps. — 1899 •A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.a profusion of insects, which produced a continuous thrum — 2020 •[in the plural] A fringe made of such threads. •Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel. •[in the plural] Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops. •A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen. •A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root. •A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus. •A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn. •(figurative) A spicy taste; a tang. •A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam. •(slang, no longer used) A threepenny bit. verb4 •To cause a steady rhythmic vibration in (something), usually by plucking.She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently. •To make a monotonous drumming noise.They were hardly seated, and I had hardly waved good-by to Denver, before he was off, the big motor thrumming with immense birdlike power. — 1957 •To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.are we born to thrum caps or pick straw? — 1644 •To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface adjective1 •Made of or woven from thrum. formsthrummed · thrumming · thrums
