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What is "hum" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does hum mean in English? Meaning of hum definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "hum" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "hum": the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity

Noun

  • Meaning: the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
  • Example: they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers there is a constant hum of military preparation
  • Synonyms: busyness hum
  • Hypernyms: action activeness activity

    • Meaning of "hum": sing with closed lips

    Verb

  • Meaning: sing with closed lips
  • Example: She hummed a melody
  • Synonyms: hum
  • Hypernyms: sing

    • Meaning of "hum": 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

    Noun

  • Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: al faran harkat ul-ansar harkat ul-mujahedeen harkat-ul-mujahidin hua hum movement of holy warriors
  • Instance Hypernyms: foreign terrorist organization fto terrorist group terrorist organization

    • Meaning of "hum": be noisy with activity

    Verb

  • Meaning: be noisy with activity
  • Example: This office is buzzing with activity
  • Synonyms: buzz hum seethe
  • Hyponyms: pullulate swarm teem
  • Hypernyms: be

    • Meaning of "hum": a humming noise

    Noun

  • Meaning: a humming noise
  • Example: the hum of distant traffic
  • Synonyms: hum humming
  • Hypernyms: noise

    • Meaning of "hum": sound with a monotonous hum

    Verb

  • Meaning: sound with a monotonous hum
  • Synonyms: hum thrum
  • Hypernyms: go sound

    • Meaning of "hum": make a low continuous sound

    Verb

  • Meaning: make a low continuous sound
  • Example: The refrigerator is humming
  • Synonyms: hum
  • Hypernyms: make noise noise resound

    • Synonyms:

    purr, strum, moan, throb, whisper, warble, croon, murmur, sing, mumble, sound, bumble, rustle, zoom, drone, bum, whir, trill, bombilate, bombinate, thrum, sing low,

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