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| 1. | [ verb ] (music) sing with closed lips | |
| Examples: | "She hummed a melody" |
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| Related terms: | sing hummer | |
| 2. | [ verb ] sound with a monotonous hum | |
| Synonyms: | thrum | |
| Related terms: | go | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make a low continuous sound | |
| Examples: | "The refrigerator is humming" |
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| Related terms: | make_noise | |
| 4. | [ verb ] be noisy with activity | |
| Synonyms: | buzz seethe | |
| Examples: | "This office is buzzing with activity" |
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| Related terms: | be teem buzz | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (politics) 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: | harkat-ul-mujahidin harkat_ul-ansar harkat_ul-mujahedeen hua movement_of_holy_warriors al_faran | |
| Related terms: | foreign_terrorist_organization Pakistan | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity | |
| Synonyms: | busyness | |
| Examples: | "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers" "there is a constant hum of military preparation" |
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| Related terms: | action | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a humming noise | |
| Synonyms: | humming | |
| Examples: | "the hum of distant traffic" |
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| Related terms: | noise | |
| Similar spelling: |
Humm hume Hun Hunn Huhn Huynh |
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