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Definitions of 'HUM' Wordnet 

1. (noun) busyness, hum
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"

2. (noun) Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors
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

3. (verb) hum, humming
a humming noise
"the hum of distant traffic"

4. (verb) hum
sing with closed lips
"She hummed a melody"

5. (verb) hum, buzz, seethe
be noisy with activity
"This office is buzzing with activity"

6. (verb) hum, thrum
sound with a monotonous hum

7. (verb) hum
make a low continuous sound
"The refrigerator is humming"


Definitions of 'HUM' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) HUM
a low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz

2. (noun) HUM
any inarticulate and buzzing sound

3. (noun) HUM
the confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry

4. (noun) HUM
a buzz or murmur, as of approbation

5. (noun) HUM
an imposition or hoax

6.  HUM
an inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc

7.  HUM
a kind of strong drink formerly used

8.  HUM
ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation

9. (verb) HUM
to make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums

10. (verb) HUM
to make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone

11. (verb) HUM
to make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem

12. (verb) HUM
to express satisfaction by a humming noise

13. (verb) HUM
to have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition

14. (verb) HUM
to sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune

15. (verb) HUM
to express satisfaction with by humming

16. (verb) HUM
to flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug


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