Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration. Also fig.
2. the ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
3. (chiefly in plural) a fringe made of such threads.
4. any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
5. (botany) a threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
6. (botany) a tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
7. (anatomy) a bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
8. (nautical, chiefly in plural) small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
9. (nautical) a mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
10. (mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

Verb

1. To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
2. to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
3. To make a monotonous drumming noise.
4. (nautical) to insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.