drum
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
Types & categories
- percussion instrument hypernym
- bass drum hyponym
- bongo hyponym
- snare drum hyponym
- tabor hyponym
- tambour hyponym
- tambourine hyponym
- tenor drum hyponym
- timbrel hyponym
Parts & wholes
- drumhead part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make a rhythmic sound
Rain drummed against the windshield
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the sound of a drum
he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
- drum derivation
Sense 4 verb
play a percussion instrument
Types & categories
- play hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
Types & categories
- cylinder hypernym
Sense 6 verb
study intensively, as before an exam
I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
Types & categories
- hit the books hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
Types & categories
- vessel hypernym
Sense 8 noun
a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
Types & categories
- cylinder hypernym
Parts & wholes
- drum brake part holonym
Sense 9 noun
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
Types & categories
- sciaenid fish hypernym
- striped drum hyponym
- jackknife-fish hyponym
- silver perch hyponym
- red drum hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tympanist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | drum |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | drumhead |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | percussion instrument |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bass drum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bongo |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snare drum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tabor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tambour |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tambourine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tenor drum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | timbrel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rhythm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | drummer |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | beat |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | drum |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drumming |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drum |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drum |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drummer |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | play |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cylinder |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | crammer |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | crammer |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | grind |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | cram |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit the books |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | vessel |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | drum brake |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | cylinder |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | sciaenid fish |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | striped drum |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | jackknife-fish |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | silver perch |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | red drum |