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What (who) is Hum - definition

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HUM; Hum, Bosnia and Herzegovina; The Hum (album); Hum (disambiguation); Hum Mountain

hum         
(hums, humming, hummed)
1.
If something hums, it makes a low continuous noise.
The birds sang, the bees hummed...
There was a low humming sound in the sky.
VERB: V, V-ing
Hum is also a noun.
...the hum of traffic...
N-SING: oft the N of n
2.
When you hum a tune, you sing it with your lips closed.
She was humming a merry little tune...
He hummed to himself as he opened the trunk.
VERB: V n, V
3.
If you say that a place hums, you mean that it is full of activity.
The place is really beginning to hum...
On Saturday morning, the town hums with activity and life.
VERB: V, V with n
4.
Hum is sometimes used to represent the sound people make when they are not sure what to say.
Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.
CONVENTION
5.
hum and haw: see haw
see also ho hum
hum         
hum1
¦ verb (hums, humming, hummed)
1. make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee.
sing with closed lips.
2. informal be in a state of great activity.
3. Brit. informal smell unpleasant.
¦ noun a low, steady continuous sound.
?an unwanted low-frequency noise in an amplifier.
Phrases
hum and haw (or chiefly N. Amer. hem and haw) Brit. be indecisive.
Derivatives
hummable adjective
hummer noun
Origin
ME: imitative.
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hum2
(also hmm)
¦ exclamation used to express hesitation or dissent.
Origin
C16: imitative; related to hum1.
hum         
v.
1)(usu. B; occ. A) hum the tune to me
2) (D; tr.) to hum for (to hum a song for smb.)

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Hum
Examples of use of Hum
1. Hum Saath... was not a flop Hum Saath... is compared with Maine Pyaar... and Hum Aapke...,which created box office records.
2. Mohammed Quaiser, president of Tanzeem Hum Hindustani (THH), and M.A.
3. Michka, general director of the Mongolian HUM Company Ltd., S.
4. Overlying this muted hum, Cramer‘s sundowner party progressed.
5. In 2003, HuM began using the name Jamiat ul–Ansar.