Hum

  • 31hum — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ faint, gentle, soft ▪ low ▪ high pitched ▪ constant, steady …

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  • 32hum — [[t]hʌ̱m[/t]] hums, humming, hummed 1) VERB If something hums, it makes a low continuous noise. The birds sang, the bees hummed... Within five hours, the equipment will be humming away again... [V ing] There was a low humming sound in the sky. N… …

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  • 33hum — hum1 [hʌm] v past tense and past participle hummed present participle humming [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From the sound] 1.) [I and T] to sing a tune by making a continuous sound with your lips closed hum to yourself ▪ Tony was humming to himself… …

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  • 34hum — I. /hʌm / (say hum) verb (hummed, humming) –verb (i) 1. to make a low, continuous, droning sound. 2. to give forth an indistinct sound of mingled voices or noises. 3. to utter an indistinct sound in hesitation, doubt, embarrassment,… …

  • 35hum — 01. He was happily [humming] a tune to himself as he worked. 02. Bees [hummed], and birds sang in the sunny spring air. 03. Even when we were in the forest far from the traffic, we could hear cars [humming] by on the highway. 04. The [hum] of… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 36hum — hum1 [ hʌm ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make musical sounds with your lips closed: Jerry hummed softly to himself. If you don t know the words, just hum the tune. a ) intransitive to make a low continuous sound: The refrigerator… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 37hum — [[t]hʌm[/t]] v. hummed, hum•ming, n. interj. 1) to make a low, continuous droning sound 2) to sing with closed lips, without articulating words 3) to give forth an indistinct sound of mingled voices or noises 4) to utter an indistinct sound in… …

    From formal English to slang

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  • 39¡hum! — interj Expresión de duda, del momento en que se reflexiona, del momento en que se quiere dar por terminada una conversación o del buen sabor de alguna cosa; hm: Hum, ese muchacho no podrá aprobar el examen , Hum, se ve que no vienen muchos… …

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  • 40hum — {{11}}hum (n.) mid 15c., from HUM (Cf. hum) (v.). {{12}}hum (v.) late 14c., hommen make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment, later hummen to buzz, drone (early 15c.), probably of imitative origin. Sense of sing with closed lips is first… …

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