A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.

(figurative) A spicy taste; a tang.

The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.

(chiefly in the plural) A fringe made of such threads.

Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.

(botany) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

(botany) A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.

(anatomy) A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.

(nautical, chiefly in the plural) Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.

(nautical) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

(mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.

To make a monotonous drumming noise.

To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.

(nautical) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.

Made of or woven from thrum.