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verbhummed, hums, humming hʌmhəm [no object]1Make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee. Example sentencesExamples - John followed and reached behind to close the door but it was already closing, the sound of small hydraulics humming to his right.
- A solid wooden floor supports an enormous desk and the latest model PC computer hums quietly, awaiting instruction.
- In any case, by 2010, fully half of all electricity generated in the U.S. would go to keep computer hardware humming.
- Chizuru ended up staring straight at the ceiling of her room, the gentle purr of the air-conditioner humming inside her ears.
- We were in the small, dingy office, paint peeling off the walls and the ancient computer monotonously humming.
- A long peaceful silence followed, the distant sounds of car engines humming and people chattering were the only thing audible.
- There was silence on the bus, and all that could be heard was the sound of the engine humming.
- The sound of an occasional car passing hummed in my ears combined with muffed, gentle mewing.
- Robin slowly woke up to the sound of a ventilator humming.
- After that all I remember is sleep and the soft melody humming in my little ears.
- The plane's engine hummed incessantly in my ears, while we read of the mission files again, making sure that the details were memorized.
- He looked behind him, at the computer, which hummed quietly to itself.
- His ears hummed pleasantly and he leaned in towards her.
- Adam typed in some commands, and the computer bank started humming.
- The weather is slowly moving form the melodic hums and buzzes of lazy summer heat to the chirps and crackles of exciting autumn change.
- Steve Gigl has what it takes to keep our computers humming here at Blogger General.
- The heartbeat sound hummed in the air once again.
- While workers are at home sleeping, their computers are humming along.
- The chamber had super computers humming merrily all around its perimeter.
- She had gotten used to the sound of the engines humming beneath her and noticed that they were not on anymore.
Synonyms purr, whir, throb, vibrate, murmur, buzz, thrum, drone literary susurrate, bombinate - 1.1 Sing with closed lips.
he hummed softly to himself with object she was humming a cheerful tune Example sentencesExamples - It's as if she doesn't know how to hum, she just sings ‘la la la’ all day.
- I rocked with him as I felt my anger slowly fading as he hummed in my ear.
- No matter how tightly I cover my ears and hum into my pillow, it's too late to get the sound out of my head.
- There was a door at the top of the stairs and I picked up my pace, hearing the soft sound of William humming to himself, waiting for me to arrive.
- She started humming softly and gained in volume until she started singing.
- I covered my ears and hummed loudly, rocking side to side.
- Close your eyes, stick your fingers in your ears and hum loudly.
- Observe that would normally be followed up by the speaker actually humming or singing the tune in question.
- I turned around to Trent, who was still turned around, with his fingers in his ears, humming happily.
- All she heard was a strangely familiar tune, softly hummed in time with the steps.
- From the shadows came the sounds of a woman humming in counterpoint to the music.
- Footsteps echoed in the hallway, accompanied by the sound of Benny's humming.
- She hummed softly to the tune playing in the room as she examined the bandage on her left arm.
- I put my hands over my ears, hummed loudly, and walked off.
- After a while he stopped humming and began to sing to himself softly.
- Mum would commonly hum or sing while she got ready; sometimes I would sing along or just listen.
- It's the theological equivalent of putting your hands over your ears and humming loudly.
- There was a far away muted sound like humming near him.
- He bends down slightly, surprising her, and starts humming along in her ear.
- Chris ran up the stairs and followed the sound of Star humming.
Synonyms sing, croon, murmur, drone - 1.2 (of a place) be filled with a low, steady continuous sound.
the room hummed with an expectant murmur Example sentencesExamples - The huge place fairly hummed with magical energy, for which he was vastly grateful.
- The jungle surrounds us on every side: a wall of green which hums with the buzz of cicadas and a million other unseen insects.
- It had always seemed that the earth had fairly hummed in anticipation during spring planting.
- They emerged from the hatchway into a dimly lit place that hummed with the sound of strange machinery in operation.
- The room hummed for a moment and the receptionist ran in, his face pale as a sheet.
- The courtroom hummed with murmurs from the people.
- Light, airy and clean, it hums gently to the sound of £1m servers being assembled and tested for hospitals and large corporations around the world.
- The place hummed with a much smaller project as Graham buzzed away happily in his workshop making mouldings for the window repair job.
- Excitement still pervaded the air, which hummed with voices and the crackle and pop of logs in the fire like a twenty-one gun salute.
- The late summer garden is a quietly humming hive of activity.
- The room fairly hummed with productivity, and it echoed in Jonathan's step.
- The chimneystacks and sheds that once hummed with the sound of hundreds of spinning and weaving machines, now lie silent.
- The room hummed with the excitement of media and well-connected fans.
- The base hummed with the excited buzz of conversation as the renegades prepared for the upcoming raid.
- The forest hummed with unseen life and dripped water from its branches.
- For a while, the meeting rooms hummed as the unofficial home of the Whig Party.
- Hissing and smoking, the Conearith Shipyards hummed with construction.
- The entire room hummed as it prepared for another attack.
2informal Be in a state of great activity. the house was humming with preparations for the dance Example sentencesExamples - The candidates crisscrossed the map, new polls arrived almost every day, and TV screens hummed with ads this past week.
- Shopping malls, pubs, icecream parlours and restaurants are humming with activity till late hours.
- Towns we remember as sleepy are now humming with antiques shops and coffeehouses.
- The campus was humming with instructive activities and cheerful, volunteer undergraduates directing and informing the crowds with courtesy and charm.
- Scotland's jazz scene is positively humming at the moment and we are proud to call Smith and Kellock our own.
- The lobby was just a few paces away, literally humming with activity.
- In the evening and at night, when the farmers came out to plough, or to sow or reap their wheat, the country hummed with activity like a distant industrial town.
- The place hums with urgent activity, but on the outskirts of the town the simpler pleasures in life are easier to find.
- Perhaps the most striking thing observed on our tour is the humming activity in this beehive of development engineering.
- Windsor and the surrounding towns hum with great places to eat, drink and be as merry as a monarch.
- Apparently, the owners' tastes appeal to a lot of folk - the place is humming.
- Meanwhile, the Market Place was humming with a busy car boot sale, with many admiring the vintage cars on display.
- The club restaurant has been shut for several months, but is humming with activity when I arrive, preparing for its relaunch.
- The village was humming with walkers, the snowdrops were nearly out and I ambled out and took Moor Lane into the countryside.
- The place was humming as the huge attendance ate and drank as if there was no tomorrow.
- The headquarters was air conditioned, crowded and humming with activity from early morning until late at night.
- A textile factory in Sri Lanka hums with activity.
- Three hundred marshalling yards, 2,300 goods sheds and 700 repair depots keep humming with activity all the time.
- The marina at Bas du Fort just outside the town hums in the evenings.
Synonyms be busy, be active, be lively, buzz, bustle, be bustling, be a hive of activity, throb, vibrate, pulsate, pulse 3British informal Smell unpleasant. when the wind drops this stuff really hums Example sentencesExamples - One of the staff turned up & was humming; I couldn't have him putting customers off their beer, seeing as I was in charge, so I had no choice but to tell him.
- She had unwillingly become immune to the humming stench.
Synonyms smell, stink, stink to high heaven, reek, have a bad smell, be malodorous British informal pong
noun hʌmhəm 1A low, steady continuous sound. a low hum of conversation Example sentencesExamples - A vehicle accident, no injuries, one trooper announced over the steady hum of the vending machines in the lobby.
- There's a low hum of conversation, a genteel clink of polished silver on old china, waiters in tails exuding an air of quiet efficiency and old-fashioned servility.
- Suddenly, the air was filled with music, hums and whistles of different pitches.
- A steady hum of voices rises from the crowd sitting on the floor.
- I could hear the sound of cars in the distance (you know, the low hum of continuous traffic), so I walked towards it.
- Most of the noise was from the Scottish man through the speakers, other than that there was a low hum of conversation.
- The steady hum grew louder, and the lights in the theatre turned on.
- The sound of the hum of cars in the distance while I sit here is testimony to that.
- The only sound was the low hum of the lights, everything was quiet.
- The open-plan layout reveals a steady hum of industry.
- Tiredly, she sat up and rubbed her eyes, listening to the steady hum of the air conditioner and the buzz of a fly in the window.
- The pub was getting busier yet and I could feel the steady hum around me.
- The steady hum of conversation flowed from inside of the cabin.
- What entered now was the sound of the hums and moans of everyday life, the quiet laugher, the mockery, the sound of horses and oxen.
- The steady hum of the city had all but evaporated in the night.
- The low hum of air conditioning and the buzz of machines unswitched off is always with you, like tinnitus.
- She listened; all was quiet except for the steady hum of the crickets.
- There were wounded who groaned in their sleep or called out, and there was the soft, steady hum of conversation among the wounded who could not sleep.
- A steady hum is heard and the lines on the monitor go flat.
- It is after curfew, and only the low hum of the engines and occasional animal squeal can be heard.
Synonyms murmur, murmuring, drone, droning, vibration, purr, purring, buzz, buzzing, whir, whirring, throb, throbbing, thrum, thrumming literary susurration, susurrus, bombination - 1.1 An unwanted low-frequency noise in an amplifier caused by variation of electric current, especially the alternating frequency of the mains.
Example sentencesExamples - We did a very extensive mapping of the different primary frequencies of the hum and then its harmonics.
- The only adjustments he makes are to apply De-Hiss filtering and remove low frequency hum.
- Stereos don't make any noise, except a very slight electrical hum.
- Why is my amp humming?
- You've just connected your system and there's a buzz or hum that won't go away.
Phrases I was humming and hawing over buying copies Example sentencesExamples - I know you're going to hem and haw and hedge your bets here, but who do you like, each of you, Vonzel, Carrie or Bo?
- We, as girls, will hem and haw and analyze every letter of what we say to that ‘chosen ‘guy, and worry about how we're coming off, and just worry in general.
- The longer you hum and haw, the more time you'll spend away from your post.
- And I'm supposed to smile a lot for all these moronic people who either try to haggle with me about the prices or want to hem and haw for an hour or so before making their decision.
- It's also what makes the game longer than you might expect, as players hem and haw over their partial information, trying to reason out who gave what to whom.
- But when I ask his closest advisers whether the Prime Minister has been persuaded of this, they hum and haw.
- After the 6 month period is up, we hum and haw about whether or not we really want to hire the person so we get extended for another 6 months.
- There's been a bunch of legal experts wheeled on to hum and haw about this - perhaps it's good for Michael, because they'd know that kids lie.
- I never knew how to - I'd hem and haw and qualify like I'm doing now.
- Beckett never explained just who or what Godot is, preferring to let generations of theatre types hem and haw over the possibilities.
Synonyms be indecisive, hesitate, dither, vacillate, procrastinate, equivocate, prevaricate, waver, falter, fluctuate
Derivatives adjective The arias selected are eminently familiar and hummable - from Aida, Nabucco, Otello, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore among others - and everyone enjoys themselves hugely. Example sentencesExamples - They are forgettable not because they are boring, but because the chorus always hits with such a wave of hummable, nostalgic melody that it overpowers them, every time.
- I downloaded it and actually listened to it.… and I found it hummable!
- ‘They are all hummable songs,’ Mann explained, ‘but actually learning them is a bit difficult, especially once you have to be dancing and singing at the same time.’
- Guest conductor Timothy Vernon joins the orchestra once again to present hummable selections from the golden age, the masterworks, and from traditional carols.
noun ˈhʌməˈhəmər North American trademark A type of four-wheel-drive all-terrain military vehicle, or a similar vehicle intended for civilian use. Then two Hummers pulled up and discharged the no-nonsense secret service detail. Example sentencesExamples - The Hummers were backed out of the cargo hold and meticulously checked over.
- And, with global warming only getting worse, with us fighting wars over oil, etc., they should be stepping up production of greener vehicles, not making bigger SUVs and the hated Hummers.
- Along with the troops, we can deliver trucks, their Hummers, tanks, weapons, supplies.
- The Hummer stopped next to another dark green Jeep facing the cave mouth, and gave a quick salutatory beep.
Origin Late Middle English: imitative. Rhymes become, benumb, Brum, bum, chum, crumb, drum, glum, gum, ho-hum, Kara Kum, lum, mum, numb, plum, plumb, Rhum, rhumb, rum, scrum, scum, slum, some, strum, stum, succumb, sum, swum, thrum, thumb, tum, yum-yum exclamation hʌmh(ə)mhəm Used to express hesitation or dissent. ‘Ah, hum, Elsie, isn't it?’ ‘Hum. How long did you invite her for?’ Example sentencesExamples - Hum, wonder who emailed overnight?
- Hum, wonder if they'll hire an NYC based firm?
Origin Mid 16th century: imitative; related to the verb hum1. verbhəmhəm [no object]1Make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee. Example sentencesExamples - Adam typed in some commands, and the computer bank started humming.
- There was silence on the bus, and all that could be heard was the sound of the engine humming.
- In any case, by 2010, fully half of all electricity generated in the U.S. would go to keep computer hardware humming.
- The heartbeat sound hummed in the air once again.
- The weather is slowly moving form the melodic hums and buzzes of lazy summer heat to the chirps and crackles of exciting autumn change.
- John followed and reached behind to close the door but it was already closing, the sound of small hydraulics humming to his right.
- A long peaceful silence followed, the distant sounds of car engines humming and people chattering were the only thing audible.
- His ears hummed pleasantly and he leaned in towards her.
- After that all I remember is sleep and the soft melody humming in my little ears.
- Chizuru ended up staring straight at the ceiling of her room, the gentle purr of the air-conditioner humming inside her ears.
- The chamber had super computers humming merrily all around its perimeter.
- Robin slowly woke up to the sound of a ventilator humming.
- Steve Gigl has what it takes to keep our computers humming here at Blogger General.
- While workers are at home sleeping, their computers are humming along.
- A solid wooden floor supports an enormous desk and the latest model PC computer hums quietly, awaiting instruction.
- The sound of an occasional car passing hummed in my ears combined with muffed, gentle mewing.
- He looked behind him, at the computer, which hummed quietly to itself.
- The plane's engine hummed incessantly in my ears, while we read of the mission files again, making sure that the details were memorized.
- We were in the small, dingy office, paint peeling off the walls and the ancient computer monotonously humming.
- She had gotten used to the sound of the engines humming beneath her and noticed that they were not on anymore.
Synonyms purr, whir, throb, vibrate, murmur, buzz, thrum, drone - 1.1 Sing with closed lips.
he hummed softly to himself with object she was humming a cheerful tune Example sentencesExamples - I rocked with him as I felt my anger slowly fading as he hummed in my ear.
- Observe that would normally be followed up by the speaker actually humming or singing the tune in question.
- She hummed softly to the tune playing in the room as she examined the bandage on her left arm.
- Chris ran up the stairs and followed the sound of Star humming.
- She started humming softly and gained in volume until she started singing.
- There was a far away muted sound like humming near him.
- It's as if she doesn't know how to hum, she just sings ‘la la la’ all day.
- After a while he stopped humming and began to sing to himself softly.
- Mum would commonly hum or sing while she got ready; sometimes I would sing along or just listen.
- I turned around to Trent, who was still turned around, with his fingers in his ears, humming happily.
- I put my hands over my ears, hummed loudly, and walked off.
- I covered my ears and hummed loudly, rocking side to side.
- From the shadows came the sounds of a woman humming in counterpoint to the music.
- He bends down slightly, surprising her, and starts humming along in her ear.
- It's the theological equivalent of putting your hands over your ears and humming loudly.
- Close your eyes, stick your fingers in your ears and hum loudly.
- There was a door at the top of the stairs and I picked up my pace, hearing the soft sound of William humming to himself, waiting for me to arrive.
- No matter how tightly I cover my ears and hum into my pillow, it's too late to get the sound out of my head.
- All she heard was a strangely familiar tune, softly hummed in time with the steps.
- Footsteps echoed in the hallway, accompanied by the sound of Benny's humming.
Synonyms sing, croon, murmur, drone - 1.2 (of a place) be filled with a low, steady continuous sound.
the room hummed with an expectant murmur Example sentencesExamples - It had always seemed that the earth had fairly hummed in anticipation during spring planting.
- The place hummed with a much smaller project as Graham buzzed away happily in his workshop making mouldings for the window repair job.
- For a while, the meeting rooms hummed as the unofficial home of the Whig Party.
- The base hummed with the excited buzz of conversation as the renegades prepared for the upcoming raid.
- The room fairly hummed with productivity, and it echoed in Jonathan's step.
- They emerged from the hatchway into a dimly lit place that hummed with the sound of strange machinery in operation.
- Excitement still pervaded the air, which hummed with voices and the crackle and pop of logs in the fire like a twenty-one gun salute.
- The late summer garden is a quietly humming hive of activity.
- Light, airy and clean, it hums gently to the sound of £1m servers being assembled and tested for hospitals and large corporations around the world.
- The jungle surrounds us on every side: a wall of green which hums with the buzz of cicadas and a million other unseen insects.
- The courtroom hummed with murmurs from the people.
- The chimneystacks and sheds that once hummed with the sound of hundreds of spinning and weaving machines, now lie silent.
- The room hummed with the excitement of media and well-connected fans.
- The entire room hummed as it prepared for another attack.
- The huge place fairly hummed with magical energy, for which he was vastly grateful.
- Hissing and smoking, the Conearith Shipyards hummed with construction.
- The room hummed for a moment and the receptionist ran in, his face pale as a sheet.
- The forest hummed with unseen life and dripped water from its branches.
2informal Be in a state of great activity. the repair shops are humming as the tradesmen set about their various tasks Example sentencesExamples - Scotland's jazz scene is positively humming at the moment and we are proud to call Smith and Kellock our own.
- The lobby was just a few paces away, literally humming with activity.
- Three hundred marshalling yards, 2,300 goods sheds and 700 repair depots keep humming with activity all the time.
- The campus was humming with instructive activities and cheerful, volunteer undergraduates directing and informing the crowds with courtesy and charm.
- Windsor and the surrounding towns hum with great places to eat, drink and be as merry as a monarch.
- Towns we remember as sleepy are now humming with antiques shops and coffeehouses.
- The headquarters was air conditioned, crowded and humming with activity from early morning until late at night.
- Apparently, the owners' tastes appeal to a lot of folk - the place is humming.
- The candidates crisscrossed the map, new polls arrived almost every day, and TV screens hummed with ads this past week.
- The club restaurant has been shut for several months, but is humming with activity when I arrive, preparing for its relaunch.
- The place hums with urgent activity, but on the outskirts of the town the simpler pleasures in life are easier to find.
- The marina at Bas du Fort just outside the town hums in the evenings.
- The place was humming as the huge attendance ate and drank as if there was no tomorrow.
- Shopping malls, pubs, icecream parlours and restaurants are humming with activity till late hours.
- The village was humming with walkers, the snowdrops were nearly out and I ambled out and took Moor Lane into the countryside.
- A textile factory in Sri Lanka hums with activity.
- In the evening and at night, when the farmers came out to plough, or to sow or reap their wheat, the country hummed with activity like a distant industrial town.
- Meanwhile, the Market Place was humming with a busy car boot sale, with many admiring the vintage cars on display.
- Perhaps the most striking thing observed on our tour is the humming activity in this beehive of development engineering.
Synonyms be busy, be active, be lively, buzz, bustle, be bustling, be a hive of activity, throb, vibrate, pulsate, pulse 3British informal Smell unpleasant. when the wind drops this stuff really hums Example sentencesExamples - She had unwillingly become immune to the humming stench.
- One of the staff turned up & was humming; I couldn't have him putting customers off their beer, seeing as I was in charge, so I had no choice but to tell him.
Synonyms smell, stink, stink to high heaven, reek, have a bad smell, be malodorous
nounhəmhəm 1A low, steady continuous sound. a low hum of conversation Example sentencesExamples - The only sound was the low hum of the lights, everything was quiet.
- She listened; all was quiet except for the steady hum of the crickets.
- The low hum of air conditioning and the buzz of machines unswitched off is always with you, like tinnitus.
- The pub was getting busier yet and I could feel the steady hum around me.
- It is after curfew, and only the low hum of the engines and occasional animal squeal can be heard.
- Tiredly, she sat up and rubbed her eyes, listening to the steady hum of the air conditioner and the buzz of a fly in the window.
- The steady hum of the city had all but evaporated in the night.
- I could hear the sound of cars in the distance (you know, the low hum of continuous traffic), so I walked towards it.
- The steady hum of conversation flowed from inside of the cabin.
- A steady hum of voices rises from the crowd sitting on the floor.
- There were wounded who groaned in their sleep or called out, and there was the soft, steady hum of conversation among the wounded who could not sleep.
- A steady hum is heard and the lines on the monitor go flat.
- The open-plan layout reveals a steady hum of industry.
- Most of the noise was from the Scottish man through the speakers, other than that there was a low hum of conversation.
- What entered now was the sound of the hums and moans of everyday life, the quiet laugher, the mockery, the sound of horses and oxen.
- There's a low hum of conversation, a genteel clink of polished silver on old china, waiters in tails exuding an air of quiet efficiency and old-fashioned servility.
- The steady hum grew louder, and the lights in the theatre turned on.
- The sound of the hum of cars in the distance while I sit here is testimony to that.
- A vehicle accident, no injuries, one trooper announced over the steady hum of the vending machines in the lobby.
- Suddenly, the air was filled with music, hums and whistles of different pitches.
Synonyms murmur, murmuring, drone, droning, vibration, purr, purring, buzz, buzzing, whir, whirring, throb, throbbing, thrum, thrumming - 1.1 An unwanted low-frequency noise in an amplifier caused by variation of electric current, especially the alternating frequency of the power lines.
Example sentencesExamples - The only adjustments he makes are to apply De-Hiss filtering and remove low frequency hum.
- Why is my amp humming?
- Stereos don't make any noise, except a very slight electrical hum.
- We did a very extensive mapping of the different primary frequencies of the hum and then its harmonics.
- You've just connected your system and there's a buzz or hum that won't go away.
Origin Late Middle English: imitative. exclamationhəmhəm Used to express hesitation or dissent. “Ah, hum, Elaine, isn't it?” Example sentencesExamples - Hum, wonder if they'll hire an NYC based firm?
- Hum, wonder who emailed overnight?
Origin Mid 16th century: imitative; related to the verb hum. |