different between strum vs stram

English

Etymology

Variant of thrum.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?m

Verb

strum (third-person singular simple present strums, present participle strumming, simple past and past participle strummed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) using various strings simultaneously.

Derived terms

• strummer

Translations

Noun

strum (plural strums)

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

Anagrams

• turms

English

Etymology

Compare German stramm.

Verb

stram (third-person singular simple present strams, present participle stramming, simple past and past participle strammed)

1. (Britain, dialect, West Country, obsolete) To dash down; to beat.
2. To spring or recoil with violence.

References

• Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary?^[1], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 803

Anagrams

• MSTAR, S.M.A.R.T., SMART, Smart, marts, smart, tarms, trams

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German stram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stram/, [sd???m?]

Adjective

stram

1. tight, taut
2. strict, stringent
3. stiff, severe, forbidding, acid, sour
4. pungent, acrid

Inflection

Verb

stram

1. imperative of stramme

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /str?m/
• Hyphenation: stram
• Rhymes: -?m

Adjective

stram (comparative strammer, superlative stramst)

1. stiff, rigid, inflexible

Inflection

Derived terms

• stramheid

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stram

1. imperative of stramme