HUM
\hˈʌm], \hˈʌm], \h_ˈʌ_m]\
Definitions of HUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums.
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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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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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To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
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To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
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To express satisfaction with by humming.
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To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
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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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Any inarticulate and buzzing sound
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The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry.
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A buzz or murmur, as of approbation.
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An imposition or hoax.
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An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc.
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A kind of strong drink formerly used.
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Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
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To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, - a pathological condition.
By Oddity Software
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To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums.
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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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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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To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
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To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
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To express satisfaction with by humming.
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To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
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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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Any inarticulate and buzzing sound
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The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry.
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A buzz or murmur, as of approbation.
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An imposition or hoax.
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An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc.
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A kind of strong drink formerly used.
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Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
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To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, - a pathological condition.
By Noah Webster.
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An imposition or hoax.
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The noise of bees or other insects; a low confused noise; formerly an expression of applause.
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A sound implying doubt and hesitation.
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To utter sounds like bees; to sing in a low or under tone.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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To make such a noise; to be in energetic motion or action; as, he made things hum.
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To sing in a low undertone.
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A sound with a pause implying hesitation or consideration.
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Hummed.
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Humming.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make a buzzing sound like bees: to utter a low droning sound: to supply an interval in speaking by an audible sound.
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To sing in a low tone:-pr.p. humming; pa.p. hummed.
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The noise of bees and some other insects: any low, dull noise.
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A sound with a pause implying doubt.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A sound with a pause, implying doubt and deliberation. Hum and haw, to hesitate to give decided answer.
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The noise of bees or other insects; any low dull droning sound; murmuring sound.
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To sing in a low voice.
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To make a low, droning, murmuring sound; to mumble.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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n. The noise of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a whirling wheel, or the like;—any inarticulate and buzzing sound; low, confused noise, as of a crowd;—an imposition or hoax.
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interj. Ahem; hem; a sound with a pause implying doubt or deliberation.
