· a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

Synonym(s): membranophone, tympan

Hypernym(s): percussion_instrument, percussive_instrument

· the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"

Hypernym(s): sound

· a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

Synonym(s): barrel

Hypernym(s): cylinder

· a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

Synonym(s): metal_drum

Hypernym(s): vessel

· a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

Synonym(s): brake_drum

Hypernym(s): cylinder

· small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

Synonym(s): drumfish

Hypernym(s): sciaenid_fish, sciaenid

· make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"

Synonym(s): beat, thrum

Hypernym(s): sound, go

· play a percussion instrument

Hypernym(s): play

· study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

Synonym(s): cram, grind_away, bone_up, swot, get_up, mug_up, swot_up, bone

Hypernym(s): study, hit_the_books