hum
A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closedA hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
» I often hum while I work.
Я часто наспівую собі під ніс під час роботи.
Meaning
8 sensesA hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
Summen
жужжа́ниеžužžánije
An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen and found the dishwasher on.
жужжа́ниеžužžánije
a humming noise
Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
(UK, slang)Unpleasant odour.
(dated)An imposition or hoax; humbug.
A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
(Malaysia, Singapore, informal, uncountable)Synonym of see hum (“blood cockles, ark clams”).
(obsolete)A kind of strong drink.
Examples
115 sentencesI often hum while I work.
Я часто наспівую собі під ніс під час роботи.
Tom is humming.
Том наспівує собі під ніс.
deTom summt.
Tom heard someone humming his favorite tune.
ruТом услышал, как кто-то напевает его любимую песенку.
deTom hörte jemanden seine Lieblingsmelodie summen.
Tom was in the kitchen humming to himself.
Do you know anyone who hums while they work?
ruТы знаешь кого-нибудь, кто напевает во время работы?
deKennst du jemanden, der beim Arbeiten summt?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrasFrom Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.
Borrowed from Hokkien 蚶 (ham).
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Forms
plural: humsSynonyms
10 synonyms- a humming noise:humming
- the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity:busyness
- 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:Harkat-ul-MujahideenHarkat-ul-MujahidinHarkat ul-AnsarHUAHarkat ul-MujahedeenAl FaranMovement of Holy Warriors