Meaning

1 senses
  1. To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.

    schrammeln

    бренча́тьbrenčátʹ

    sound the strings of (a stringed instrument)

Examples

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

    deTom saß unter einem Baum und spielte auf seiner Ukulele. — raggione

  2. Tom strummed his guitar.

  3. Tom started strumming his guitar.

    ruТом стал бренчать на гитаре. — marafon

  4. Tom and Mary strummed their guitars.

  5. He only knows how to strum the guitar.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
play a stringed instrument:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
play a stringed instrument:

Origin

Variant of thrum.

Variant of thrum.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

strums, strumming, strummed, strummed
Base formstrum · to strum
3rd person singularstrums
Present participlestrumming
Past simplestrummed
Past participlestrummed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystrum
he, she, itstrums

Past simpleLesson

all personsstrummed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave strummed
he, she, ithas strummed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill strum

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • sound the strings of (a stringed instrument):thrum

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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