Bass drum () The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a. |
Curb (v. t.) To bend or curve |
Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb |
Curb (v. t.) To furnish wich a curb, as a well |
Curb (v. i.) To bend |
Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues |
Curb (n.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening |
Curb (n.) A frame or wall round the mouth of a well |
Curb (n.) A curbstone. |
Curb (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness. |
Curb roof () A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination |
Cutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cut |
Cutting (n.) The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc. |
Cutting (n.) Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant |
Cutting (a.) Adapted to cut |
Cutting (a.) Chilling |
Cutting (a.) Severe |
Drum (n.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick |
Drum (n.) Anything resembling a drum in form |
Drum (n.) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc. |
Drum (n.) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed. |
Drum (n.) The tympanum of the ear |
Drum (n.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed |
Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery |
Drum (n.) See Drumfish. |
Drum (n.) A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house |
Drum (n.) A tea party |
Drum (v. i.) To beat a drum with sticks |
Drum (v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks |
Drum (v. i.) To throb, as the heart. |
Drum (v. i.) To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc, |
Drum (v. t.) To execute on a drum, as a tune. |
Drum (v. t.) (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum |
Drum (v. t.) (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum |
Drum major () . |
Drum major () The chief or first drummer of a regiment |
Drum major () The marching leader of a military band. |
Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4. |
Screw-cutting (a.) Adapted for forming a screw by cutting |
curb service | service provided to customers who remain in their vehicles |
cost cutting | the act of cutting costs |
price cutting price cut | cutting the price of merchandise to one lower than the usual or advertised price |
cut cutting cutting off | the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends, the barber gave him a good cut |
cutting thinning | the act of diluting something, the cutting of whiskey with water, the thinning of paint with turpentine |
cut cutting | the act of cutting something into parts, his cuts were skillful, his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess |
cut cutting | the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge, his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels |
abscission cutting off | the act of cutting something off |
ablation extirpation cutting out excision | surgical removal of a body part or tissue |
cut cutting | the division of a deck of cards before dealing, he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal, the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual |
carving cutting | removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape |
film editing cutting | the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film |
bridle check curb | the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess, his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper |
drum drumfish | small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise |
striped drum Equetus pulcher | a kind of drumfish |
red drum channel bass redfish Sciaenops ocellatus | large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico |
American Stock Exchange AMEX Curb | a stock exchange in New York |
bass drum gran casa | a large drum with two heads, makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch |
bongo bongo drum | a small drum, played with the hands |
brake drum drum | a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes |
chopping board cutting board | a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut |
curb curbing kerb | an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) |
curb curb bit | a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse |
curb market | a stock market for trading in securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchange |
curb roof | a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge |
cutter cutlery cutting tool | a cutting implement, a tool for cutting |
cutting implement | a tool used for cutting or slicing |
cutting room | a room where films or tapes are edited (by cutting out unwanted parts) |
drum membranophone tympan | a musical percussion instrument, usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end |
drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
drum brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe |
drum printer | a line printer in which the type is mounted on a rotating drum that contains a full character set for each printing position |
drum sander electric sander sander smoother | a power tool used for sanding wood, an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor |
knife edge cutting edge | the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife |
snare drum snare side drum | a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head |
steel drum | a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum, has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) |
tenor drum tom-tom | any of various drums with small heads |
vanguard forefront cutting edge | the position of greatest importance or advancement, the leading position in any movement or field, the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England, the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy |
clipping newspaper clipping press clipping cutting press cutting | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine, he searched through piles of letters and clippings |
drum | the sound of a drum, he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes |
paradiddle roll drum roll | the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously |
cutting | a piece cut off from the main part of something |
drum major | the leader of a marching band or drum corps |
drum majorette majorette | a female drum major |
drum majorette majorette | a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band |
cutting slip | a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting |
cutting angle | the angle between the face of a cutting tool and the surface of the work |
barrel drum | a bulging cylindrical shape, hollow with flat ends |
restrict curtail curb cut back | place restrictions on, curtail drinking in school |
suppress stamp down inhibit subdue conquer curb | to put down by force or authority, suppress a nascent uprising, stamp down on littering, conquer one's desires |