HUM

Meaning of HUM in English

verb

to make a low prolonged sound

the wind hummed in the chimney

Synonyms: bombinate, ||bum, bumble, buzz, drone, ||sowf, strum, thrum

Related Word: moan, murmur, purr, vibrate, whisper

Contrasted words: howl, roar, shriek

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HUM — I. ˈhəm verb ( hummed ; hummed ; humming ; hums ) Etymology: Middle English hummen; akin to Middle High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUM — /hum/ , v. , hummed, humming , n., interj. v.i. 1. to make a low, continuous, droning sound. 2. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — I. ˈhəm verb ( hummed ; hum·ming ) Etymology: Middle English hummen; akin to Middle High German hummen to hum, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUM — noun an imposition or hoax. 2. hum ·noun any inarticulate and buzzing sound. 3. hum ·noun a buzz or murmur, …
Webster English vocab
HUM — [hum] vb hummed ; hum.ming [ME hummen; akin to MHG hummen to hum, MD hommel bumblebee] vi (14c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUM — / hʌm; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( -mm- ) 1. to sing a tune with your lips …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUM — I. hum 1 /hʌm/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle hummed , present participle humming ) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HUM — v. & n. v. (hummed, humming) 1 intr. make a low steady continuous sound like that of a bee. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HUM — 1. v. & n. --v. (hummed, humming) 1. intr. make a low steady continuous sound like that of a bee. …
Oxford English vocab
HUM — ( hums, humming, hummed) 1. If something hums , it makes a low continuous noise. The birds sang, the bees …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUM — (~s, ~ming, ~med) 1. If something ~s, it makes a low continuous noise. The birds sang, the bees ~med... There …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HUM — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES humming bird hum/whistle a tune ▪ She was humming a little tune to herself. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HUM — [verb] -mm- - to make a continuous low soundBees, mosquitoes and certain other insects and birds hum. [I]I think there's …
Cambridge English vocab
HUM — TO HUM, or HUMBUG. To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device. A humbug; a jocular imposition, …
Slang English vocab
HUM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ faint , gentle , soft ▪ low ▪ high-pitched ▪ constant , steady ▪ I could …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HUM — n. 25B6; verb the engine was humming : PURR, drone, murmur, buzz, thrum, whirr, throb, vibrate; poetic/literary bombinate. she hummed …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUM — v. 1 buzz, drone, thrum, murmur, whirr, purr, vibrate, Technical bombinate or bombilate I want to smell the wild flowers …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HUM — I 1. сущ. 1) жужжание the busy hum of the spinning-wheel ≈ деловое жужжание прялки the sullen hum of those …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUM — hum.ogg _I 1. hʌm n 1. 1> жужжание the hum of bees - жужжание пчёл 2> гудение, гул; глухой шум; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HUM — 1) гудение ( напр. трансформатора ) 2) сетевые радиопомехи 3) фон ( от сети переменного тока ) 4) электрические помехи …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
HUM — 1) гудение (напр. трансформатора) 2) сетевые радиопомехи 3) фон (от сети переменного тока) 4) электрические помехи промышленной частоты (в сейсмическом канале) • - ac hum - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
HUM — 1) гудение || гудеть 2) гул 3) фон || фонить • - alternating-current hum - heater hum
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
HUM — hum I 1. сущ.1) жужжание the busy hum of the spinning-wheel — деловитое жужжание прялки the sullen hum of those …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HUM — _I 1. hʌm n 1. 1> жужжание the hum of bees - жужжание пчёл 2> гудение, гул; глухой шум; рокот, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HUM — I 1. сущ. 1) жужжание the busy hum of the spinning-wheel — деловитое жужжание прялки the sullen hum of those …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HUM — I 1. сущ. 1) жужжание the busy hum of the spinning-wheel — деловитое жужжание прялки the sullen hum of those nocturnal insects — сердитое …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HUM — _I 1. _n. 1> жужжание, гудение, гул 2> _жарг. дурной запах, вонь 2. _v. 1> жужжать, гудеть - hum with …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HUM — I 1. n. 1. жужжание, гудение, гул 2. жарг. дурной запах, вонь 2. v. 1. жужжать, гудеть - hum with …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HUM — _I hʌm 1. _n. 1> жужжание, гудение, гул 2> _жарг. дурной запах, вонь 2. _v. 1> жужжать, гудеть 2> говорить …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HUM — гудение; сетевые радиопомехи - ac hum - amplifier hum - mains hum - relay hum
Англо-Русский словарь по телекоммуникациям
HUM — I 1. сущ. 1) жужжание the busy hum of the spinning-wheel ≈ деловое жужжание прялки the sullen hum of those …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUM — Airport Name : Houma-Terrebonne Airport Airport Location : Houma, Louisiana, United States IATA Code : HUM ICAO Code : KHUM
Airport Code English Dictionary
HUM — hum- n [occurring in derivatives]
Interlingua English vocab
HUM — v. murmurar, cantillar, susurrar; (bee) burdonar
English interlingue dictionary
HUM — (Verb) laylayon;ugong
English-Visayan vocabulary
HUM — I. verb (~med; ~ming) Etymology: Middle English ~men; akin to Middle High German ~men to ~, Middle Dutch hommel bumblebee …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HUM — (n.) A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the …
Английский словарь Webster
HUM — (v. t.) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
Английский словарь Webster
HUM — (v. t.) To express satisfaction with by humming.
Английский словарь Webster
HUM — (v. t.) To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
Английский словарь Webster
HUM — (v. i.) To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition.
Английский словарь Webster
HUM — (v. i.) To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
Английский словарь Webster
HUM — (v. i.) To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or …
Английский словарь Webster
HUM — (v. i.) To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; …
Английский словарь Webster
HUM — (v. i.) To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to …
Английский словарь Webster
HUM — ( v. t. ) To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( v. t. ) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( v. t. ) To express satisfaction with by humming.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( v. i. ) To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( v. i. ) To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( v. i. ) To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( v. i. ) To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( v. i. ) To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( n. ) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( n. ) Any inarticulate and buzzing sound
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( n. ) An imposition or hoax.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( n. ) A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( n. ) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( interj. ) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( interj. ) Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — ( interj. ) A kind of strong drink formerly used.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUM — v. murmur, drone; sing with closed lips; work busily, be busily active
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HUM — n. murmuring sound, constant droning sound; act of singing with closed lips; busyness, state of being busy or occupied, state …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HUM — n. chiefly British variant of hem
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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