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hum

/ hum /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a humming noise
"the hum of distant traffic"
Type of:
noise
Derived:
buzz seethe thrum
verb Sense 2
sing with closed lips
"She hummed a melody"
Type of:
sing
Derived:
hummer humming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
make a low continuous sound
"The refrigerator is humming"
Type of:
make noise resound noise
Derived:
humming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 4
sound with a monotonous hum
Type of:
sound go
Derived:
humming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
be noisy with activity
"This office is buzzing with activity"
Type of:
be
Kinds of:
teem pullulate swarm
Derived:
buzz humming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 6
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
Type of:
terrorist organization terrorist group foreign terrorist organization
Domain:
Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan West Pakistan
noun Sense 7
the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
"they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"
"there is a constant hum of military preparation"
Type of:
action activity activeness
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
26
Times Searched
3
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noise sing make noise resound sound go be teem pullulate swarm terrorist organization terrorist group