'Hum' definitions:
Definition of 'hum'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
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]
noun
A humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic" [syn: hum, humming]
verb
Sing with closed lips; "She hummed a melody"
verb
verb
Sound with a monotonous hum [syn: hum, thrum]
verb
Make a low continuous sound; "The refrigerator is humming"
Definition of 'Hum'
From: GCIDE
- Hum \Hum\, v. t.
- 1. To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To express satisfaction with by humming. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug. [Colloq. & Low] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hum'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise. [1913 Webster]
- Here the spectators hummed. --Trial of the Regicides. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hum'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men. --Byron. (b) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An imposition or hoax. [1913 Webster]
- 4. [Cf. Hem, interj.] An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc. [1913 Webster]
- These shrugs, these hums and ha's. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. [Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating.] A kind of strong drink formerly used. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- Venous hum. See under Venous. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hum'
From: GCIDE
- Hum \Hum\, interj. [Cf. Hem, interj.] Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hum'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anthem,
- array,
- articulation,
- ballad,
- bank,
- bel canto,
- birdies,
- birr,
- blooping,
- blurping,
- bombilate,
- bombilation,
- bombinate,
- bombination,
- boom,
- booming,
- bravura,
- bum,
- burr,
- buzz,
- buzzing,
- carol,
- catena,
- catenation,
- chain,
- chain reaction,
- chaining,
- chant,
- chirp,
- chirrup,
- choir,
- choral singing,
- chorus,
- coloratura,
- concatenation,
- connection,
- consecution,
- continue the same,
- continuum,
- course,
- croon,
- crooning,
- cycle,
- descant,
- descent,
- distortion,
- do-re-mi,
- drag along,
- drag on,
- drone,
- droning,
- endless belt,
- endless round,
- falter,
- feedback,
- file,
- filiation,
- flutter,
- fluttering,
- folk singing,
- gamut,
- gradation,
- halt,
- haw,
- hem,
- hem and haw,
- hesitate,
- hissing,
- howling,
- hum and haw,
- humming,
- hymn,
- Indian file,
- intonate,
- intonation,
- intone,
- lilt,
- line,
- lineage,
- low rumbling,
- lyricism,
- mammer,
- minstrel,
- monotone,
- motorboating,
- nexus,
- operatic singing,
- pendulum,
- periodicity,
- persist,
- pipe,
- plenum,
- powder train,
- prevail,
- progression,
- psalm,
- purr,
- purring,
- quaver,
- queue,
- range,
- rank,
- recurrence,
- reticulation,
- rotation,
- roulade,
- round,
- routine,
- row,
- rumble,
- run,
- run through,
- scale,
- scat,
- scat singing,
- scratching,
- sequence,
- serenade,
- series,
- shake,
- shredding,
- sing,
- sing in chorus,
- singing,
- single file,
- sol-fa,
- sol-fa exercise,
- solfeggio,
- solmizate,
- solmization,
- song,
- spectrum,
- squeals,
- stammer,
- static,
- string,
- stumble,
- stutter,
- succession,
- swath,
- thread,
- thrum,
- thrumming,
- tier,
- tonic sol-fa,
- train,
- tremolo,
- trill,
- troll,
- tweedle,
- tweedledee,
- twit,
- twitter,
- vocal music,
- vocalization,
- vocalize,
- warble,
- warbling,
- whir,
- whirring,
- whistle,
- whistles,
- whiz,
- whizzing,
- windrow,
- woomping,
- wow,
- wowwows,
- yodel,
- yodeling