Synonym: beat, drill, pound, reiterate, repeat, strike, tap. Similar words: drug, drudgery, forum, rumor, decorum, spectrum, instrument. Meaning: [drʌm]
n. 1. a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end 2. the sound of a drum 3. a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends 4. a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids 5. a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes 6. small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise. v. 1. make a rhythmic sound 2. play a percussion instrument 3. study intensively, as before an exam.
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31. The mixture flows to a revolving drum where the water is filtered out.
32. He was trying to drum up some enthusiasm for the project.
33. The company is banging the drum for their new software.
34. She plays the drum.
35. We shall drum him out of the corps for insubordination.
36. We spooled the rope off the drum, and put it down the hill.
37. The drum beats loudly.
38. The organisers are hoping to drum up support from local businesses.
39. The reverberations of the drum were still vibrating in the air.
40. She tried to drum the idea of success into his head.
41. The President is attempting to drum up public support for his economic program.
42. As he sang he kept time on a small drum.
43. A drum roll preceded the most dangerous part of the performance.
44. I guess he'll try to reach his old stomping ground to drum up support.
45. We are offering reductions on merchandise in an effort to drum up trade.
46. There were only two rings of rope spooled on the drum.
47. The government failed to drum up any public interest in the referendum.
48. His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum.
49. A punt is like a floating drum.
49. Wish you will love sentencedict.com and make progress everyday!
50. Place on the cake drum next to the paintbox.
51. Dampen the cake drum with water.
52. Shock tactics to drum safety into young drivers.
53. The drum brakes are also rather vintage.
54. They deposit on the far side of the drum.
55. Somebody brushes sand off his drum, as trumpets ooze.
56. I tried to arrange guides on the drum sander but quickly gave up.
57. His hand was hard around her waist; his boots tapped out an intricate rhythm like a drum.
58. I was returning to the house with a mixing drum when I heard the crash.
59. The filler is on top of the box on a small square plate just in front of the hand brake drum.
60. His heart began to beat like a native drum and his palms ran with sweat.