Words that rhyme with turn

• adjourn 0
  v 1: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn: adjourn, recess, break up] 2: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw, retire]
• auburn 0
  adj 1: (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair"
• bum 0
  adj 1: of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny] n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] 2: a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" [syn: tramp, hobo, bum] 3: person who does no work; "a lazy bum" [syn: idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum] 4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] v 1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge] 2: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" [syn: bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about]
• burn 0
  n 1: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burn, burning] 2: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn] 3: an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation 4: a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) [syn: burn, burn mark] 5: damage inflicted by fire v 1: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" [syn: burn, fire, burn down] 2: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: burn, glow] 3: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: burn, combust] 4: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: bite, sting, burn] 5: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: burn, combust] 6: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies" 7: cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" [syn: burn, incinerate] 8: burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem" 9: spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn" 10: feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning" 11: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" [syn: cauterize, cauterise, burn] 12: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: sunburn, burn] 13: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn: cut, burn] 14: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" [syn: burn off, burn, burn up] 15: burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
• chum 0
  n 1: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick] 2: bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish 3: a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish [syn: chum salmon, chum, Oncorhynchus keta]
• churn 0
  n 1: a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk [syn: churn, butter churn] v 1: stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter 2: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: churn, boil, moil, roil]
• come 0
  n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come] v 1: move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" [syn: come, come up] [ant: depart, go, go away] 2: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" [syn: arrive, get, come] [ant: go away, go forth, leave] 3: come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" 4: reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true" 5: to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" [syn: come, follow] 6: be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled" 7: come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard" [syn: issue forth, come] 8: be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo" [syn: hail, come] 9: extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" 10: exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France" 11: cover a certain distance; "She came a long way" 12: come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" [syn: fall, come] 13: happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this" 14: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number, add up, come, amount] 15: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: come, add up, amount] 16: be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" [syn: come, come in] 17: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" [syn: occur, come] 18: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" [syn: derive, come, descend] 19: proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" [syn: do, fare, make out, come, get along] 20: experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset" 21: have a certain priority; "My family comes first"
• concern 0
  n 1: something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" 2: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" [syn: concern, care, fear] 3: a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate" [ant: unconcern] 4: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" [syn: concern, worry, headache, vexation] 5: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" [syn: business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation] v 1: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with] 2: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" [syn: concern, interest, occupy, worry]
• crumb 0
  n 1: a very small quantity of something; "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report" 2: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] 3: small piece of e.g. bread or cake v 1: coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet" 2: break into crumbs 3: remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"
• cum 0
  n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come]
• decathlon 0
  n 1: an athletic contest consisting of ten different events
• discern 0
  v 1: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart]
• drum 0
  n 1: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end [syn: drum, membranophone, tympan] 2: the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes" 3: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends [syn: barrel, drum] 4: a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids [syn: drum, metal drum] 5: a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes [syn: brake drum, drum] 6: small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise [syn: drum, drumfish] v 1: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" [syn: drum, beat, thrum] 2: play a percussion instrument 3: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone]
• dumb 0
  adj 1: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow] 2: temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock" [syn: speechless, dumb] 3: lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals" 4: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: dumb, mute, silent]
• dunlin 0
  n 1: small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions [syn: red-backed sandpiper, dunlin, Erolia alpina]
• earn 0
  v 1: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in] 2: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions [syn: earn, garner]
• erne 0
  n 1: bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: ern, erne, grey sea eagle, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white- tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla]
• fern 0
  n 1: any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
• glum 0
  adj 1: moody and melancholic 2: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]
• gum 0
  n 1: a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing [syn: chewing gum, gum] 2: the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth [syn: gingiva, gum] 3: any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying 4: cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive [syn: glue, gum, mucilage] 5: wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum [syn: gumwood, gum] 6: any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum [syn: gum tree, gum] v 1: cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you gum the tape it is stronger" 2: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food" [syn: mumble, gum] 3: become sticky 4: exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"
• hum 0
  n 1: the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity; "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"; "there is a constant hum of military preparation" [syn: busyness, hum] 2: an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan [syn: Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors] 3: a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic" [syn: hum, humming] v 1: sing with closed lips; "She hummed a melody" 2: be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity" [syn: hum, buzz, seethe] 3: sound with a monotonous hum [syn: hum, thrum] 4: make a low continuous sound; "The refrigerator is humming"
• kern 0
  n 1: United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945) [syn: Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome David Kern] 2: the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body v 1: furnish with a kern [ant: kern] 2: remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) [ant: kern]
• learn 0
  v 1: gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" [syn: learn, larn, acquire] 2: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" [syn: learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see] 3: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con, learn] 4: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" [syn: learn, study, read, take] 5: impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" [syn: teach, learn, instruct] 6: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" [syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn]
• mum 0
  adj 1: failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent" [syn: mum, silent] n 1: of China [syn: florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum, mum, Dendranthema grandifloruom, Chrysanthemum morifolium] 2: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy] 3: secrecy; "mum's the word"
• muslin 0
  n 1: plain-woven cotton fabric
• numb 0
  adj 1: lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" [syn: asleep(p), benumbed, numb] 2: (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy" [syn: dead(p), numb(p)] 3: so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified; "too numb with fear to move" v 1: make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: numb, benumb, blunt, dull]
• pentathlon 0
  n 1: an athletic contest consisting of five different events
• plum 0
  adv 1: exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn: plumb, plum] 2: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: clean, plumb, plum] n 1: any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone [syn: plum, plum tree] 2: any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit 3: a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum"
• plumb 0
  adv 1: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: clean, plumb, plum] 2: conforming to the direction of a plumb line 3: exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn: plumb, plum] adj 1: exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb" n 1: the metal bob of a plumb line [syn: plumb bob, plumb, plummet] v 1: measure the depth of something 2: weight with lead 3: examine thoroughly and in great depth 4: adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
• quern 0
  n 1: a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
• raglan 0
  n 1: a garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves
• return 0
  n 1: document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return" [syn: tax return, income tax return, return] 2: a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" [syn: return, homecoming] 3: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction [syn: return, coming back] 4: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" [syn: restitution, return, restoration, regaining] 5: the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp" 6: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff] 7: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" [syn: recurrence, return] 8: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter] 9: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed [syn: return key, return] 10: a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got" [syn: return, paying back, getting even] 11: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return" 12: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble 13: the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited" [syn: reappearance, return] v 1: go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" 2: give back; "render money" [syn: render, return] 3: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back] 4: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" [syn: hark back, return, come back, recall] 5: bring back to the point of departure [syn: return, take back, bring back] 6: return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love" 7: make a return; "return a kickback" 8: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin] 9: be restored; "Her old vigor returned" [syn: come back, return] 10: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund, return, repay, give back] 11: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn: render, deliver, return] 12: elect again [syn: reelect, return] 13: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall, return, pass, devolve] 14: return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure" 15: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render, yield, return, give, generate] 16: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
• rhumb 0
  n 1: a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction [syn: rhumb line, rhumb, loxodrome]
• rum 0
  adj 1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular] n 1: liquor distilled from fermented molasses 2: a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards [syn: rummy, rum]
• sauterne 0
  n 1: semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California [syn: Sauterne, Sauternes]
• scrum 0
  n 1: (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession [syn: scrum, scrummage]
• scum 0
  n 1: worthless people [syn: trash, scum] 2: a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid v 1: remove the scum from
• slum 0
  n 1: a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions [syn: slum, slum area] v 1: spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century"
• some 0
  adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" [syn: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so] adj 1: quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity; "have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming"; "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper" [ant: all(a), no(a)] 2: relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away" 3: relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years" 4: remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"
• spurn 0
  v 1: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down]
• stern 0
  adj 1: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" [syn: austere, stern] 2: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting] 3: severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" [syn: stern, strict, exacting] 4: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere, severe, stark, stern] n 1: the rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail] 2: United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) [syn: Stern, Isaac Stern] 3: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
• strum 0
  n 1: sound of strumming; "the strum of a guitar" v 1: sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar" [syn: strum, thrum]
• sum 0
  n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money] 2: a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers [syn: sum, amount, total] 3: the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" [syn: sum, summation, sum total] 4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty] 5: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality, aggregate] 6: a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [syn: union, sum, join] v 1: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" [syn: summarize, summarise, sum, sum up] 2: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up]
• tern 0
  n 1: small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
• thrum 0
  n 1: a thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo" v 1: sound with a monotonous hum [syn: hum, thrum] 2: sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar" [syn: strum, thrum] 3: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" [syn: drum, beat, thrum]
• thumb 0
  n 1: the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb [syn: thumb, pollex] 2: the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb 3: a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse [syn: ovolo, thumb, quarter round] v 1: travel by getting free rides from motorists [syn: hitchhike, hitch, thumb] 2: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn: flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff] 3: feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book" [syn: finger, thumb]
• unconcern 0
  n 1: the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern [syn: nonchalance, unconcern, indifference] 2: a feeling of lack of concern [ant: concern]
• upturn 0
  n 1: an upward movement or trend as in business activity
• urn 0
  n 1: a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet 2: a large pot for making coffee or tea
• yearn 0
  v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long, yearn] 2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish] 3: have affection for; feel tenderness for
• purslane 0
  n 1: a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
• bern 0
  n 1: the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland [syn: Bern, Berne, capital of Switzerland]
• berne 0
  n 1: the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland [syn: Bern, Berne, capital of Switzerland]
• sterne 0
  n 1: English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766) [syn: Sterne, Laurence Sterne]
• verne 0
  n 1: French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905) [syn: Verne, Jules Verne]
• foehn 0
  n 1: a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps [syn: fohn, foehn]
• fohn 0
  n 1: a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps [syn: fohn, foehn]
• biathlon 0
• lierne 0
• swum 0
• burne 0
• byrne 0
• cern 0
• chern 0
• cherne 0
• durn 0
• hearne 0
• hern 0
• stearn 0
• stearne 0
• alpern 0
• amburn 0
• laverne 0
• mcgurn 0
• mckern 0
• obyrne 0
• ohearn 0
• ohern 0
• ahearn 0
• ahern 0
• aherne 0
• brum 0
• lum 0
• lumb 0
• stum 0
• um 0
• yum 0
• terne 0
• conlon 0
• heptathlon 0
• triathlon 0
• mclachlan 0
• mclaughlin 0
• scanlon 0

See also turn definition and turn synonyms