(~s, ~ming, ~med)
1.
If something ~s, it makes a low continuous noise.
The birds sang, the bees ~med...
There was a low ~ming sound in the sky.
VERB: V, V-ing
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Hum is also a noun.
...the ~ of traffic...
N-SING: oft the N of n
2.
When you ~ a tune, you sing it with your lips closed.
She was ~ming a merry little tune...
He ~med to himself as he opened the trunk.
VERB: V n, V
3.
If you say that a place ~s, you mean that it is full of activity.
The place is really beginning to ~...
On Saturday morning, the town ~s with activity and life.
VERB: V, V with n
4.
Hum is sometimes used to represent the sound people make when they are not sure what to say.
Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.
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5.
~ and haw: see haw
see also ho ~