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Dictionary Results for hum: |
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
hum
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"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hum \Hum\ (h[u^]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hummed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Humming.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D.
hommelen. [root]15.]
1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in
flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. --P.
Fletcher.
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Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep.
--Pope.
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2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m
prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to
mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone.
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The cloudy messenger turns me his back,
And hums. --Shak.
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3. [Cf. Hum, interj.] To make an inarticulate sound, like
h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from
embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.
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4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
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Here the spectators hummed. --Trial of the
Regicides.
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Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express
gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing.
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5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head
hums, -- a pathological condition.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hum \Hum\, interj. [Cf. Hem, interj.]
Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech
implying doubt and deliberation. --Pope.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hum \Hum\, v. t.
1. To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation;
to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
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2. To express satisfaction with by humming.
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3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to
humbug. [Colloq. & Low]
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hum \Hum\, n.
1. A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly
revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.
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The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums. --Shak.
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2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound; as:
(a) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc.,
heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry.
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But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men.
--Byron.
(b) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation. --Macaulay.
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3. An imposition or hoax.
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4. [Cf. Hem, interj.] An inarticulate nasal sound or
murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from
embarrassment, affectation, etc.
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These shrugs, these hums and ha's. --Shak.
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5. [Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating.] A kind of
strong drink formerly used. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Venous hum. See under Venous.
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