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hum

/ˈhʌm/ verbo C2

En español: canturrear, tararear, cantusar, cantusear

  1. To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed. (intransitive) · We are humming happily along with the music.
  2. To express by humming. (transitive) · to hum a tune· The team hummed “We Shall Overcome” as they came back onto the field after the break.
  3. To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly. (intransitive)
  4. To buzz, be busily active like a beehive. (intransitive) · The streets were humming with activity.
  5. To produce low sounds which blend continuously. (intransitive)

He/she/it hums · Pasado hummed · Participio pasado hummed · Forma en -ing humming

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Formas del verbo

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hum
He/she/it
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Pasado
hummed
Participio pasado
hummed
Forma en -ing
humming

De la biblioteca

“Hum!” said the major.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 587 · C1
Humming fly and daisy tree
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 19 · C1
And the loud-humming, twisted shells?
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 25 · C1
The whine had changed to a sort of humming purr that seemed to come from every quarter of the compass.
The Jungle Book, p. 3 · B2

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