Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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drum | Yes | No | Yes | No |
beat | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
drum (noun) | beat (noun) |
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small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise | the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing |
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end | a stroke or blow |
a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids | a regular rate of repetition |
a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music |
the sound of a drum | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart |
the sound of stroke or blow | |
a regular route for a sentry or policeman | |
a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior | |
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations |
drum (adjective) | beat (adjective) |
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very tired |
drum (verb) | beat (verb) |
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study intensively, as before an exam | wear out completely |
play a percussion instrument | be a mystery or bewildering to |
make a rhythmic sound | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
beat through cleverness and wit | |
hit repeatedly | |
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression | |
stir vigorously | |
strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music | |
strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting | |
shape by beating | |
make by pounding or trampling | |
produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly | |
move rhythmically | |
sail with much tacking or with difficulty | |
move with a flapping motion | |
indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks | |
move with a thrashing motion | |
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion | |
make a rhythmic sound | |
make a sound like a clock or a timer | |
glare or strike with great intensity | |
avoid paying | |
be superior |