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pattern
Noun
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A pattern is a design that uses the same set of elements many times in the same order.
The table cloth had a simple pattern of red and white squares.
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The combined and for an individual or a group of people describes a pattern.
The people of Spain have a pattern of resting in the afternoon and eating dinner late at night.
pattern
Verb
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When you pattern something, you make it using a pattern.
Much of crime fiction is patterned from true police .
drum
Noun
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A drum is a musical instrument with a skin that you hit to make music.
My cousin plays drums.
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A drum is kind of big barrel.
They were keeping garbage in an old oil drum.
drum
Verb
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If you are drumming you are making music with a drum or drums.
I saw him drumming with the band.
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If you are drumming, you are hitting or tapping something like it was a drum.
Sometimes I drum on my desk with my fingers.
Sometimes I drum my fingers on my desk. (same meaning as above)
mechanism
Noun
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A mechanism is the way something works
This research should help us to understand the mechanisms of memory.
This agreement sets out detailed mechanisms for solving disagreement between the two countries.
These two features combine to create a new data retrieval mechanism.
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A mechanism is one moving system within a larger, more complex machine or organism.
The body has a control mechanism to bring down blood-sugar level when it begins to reach unhealthy peaks.