Meaning

A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed..

Definitions by Sense

1. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
2. An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
3. Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
4. (UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
5. (dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
6. (obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
7. (with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
8. (intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.

Example Sentences

They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.

the shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums

you do provide me hum enough , And lour to bouse with

There is a range of theories from farm or factory machinery to conspiracy theories such as flying saucers. And yet, "the hum" remains an unsolved case.

We are humming happily along with the music.

to hum a tune

The team hummed “We Shall Overcome” as they came back onto the field after the break.

The leaves of the foreſt were loaded with manna, pure amber dropped from every bough, honey diſtilled from the rifted rock, and the humming bee, drunk with joy, ſtrayed from flower to flower, forgetful of his burſting cells.

Word Forms

• hums
• humming
• hummed

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Use hum when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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