hum
/ˈhʌm/ verb C2- To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed. · We are humming happily along with the music.
- To express by humming. · to hum a tune· The team hummed “We Shall Overcome” as they came back onto the field after the break.
- To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
- To buzz, be busily active like a beehive. · The streets were humming with activity.
- To produce low sounds which blend continuously.
He/she/it hums · Past hummed · Past participle hummed · -ing form humming
Verb forms
- Base form
- hum
- He/she/it
- hums
- Past
- hummed
- Past participle
- hummed
- -ing form
- humming
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Hum!” said the major.
“Hum!
And the count, humming an air from Lucia, went to sit down on a bench, while Bertuccio followed him, collecting his thoughts.
At the same instant his ear caught a sort of indistinct sound on the stairs, followed by the measured tread of soldiery, with the clanking of swords and military accoutrements; then came a hum and buzz as of many voices, so as to deaden even the noisy mirth of the bridal party, among whom a vague feeling of curiosity and apprehension quelled every disposition to talk, and almost instantaneously the most deathlike stillness prevailed.
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