Meaning

2 senses
  1. The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.

    hear the strum of a guitar

  2. The act of strumming.

    give the banjo a little strum

    sound of strumming

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Tom sat under a tree, strumming his ukulele.

    deTom saß unter einem Baum und spielte auf seiner Ukulele.

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  2. Tom strummed his guitar.

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  3. Tom started strumming his guitar.

    ruТом стал бренчать на гитаре.

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  4. Tom and Mary strummed their guitars.

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  5. He only knows how to strum the guitar.

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Origin

Variant of thrum.

Variant of thrum.

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Forms

plural: strums
Singularstrum
Pluralstrums

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedstrum box

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
strum — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto