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hum (noun)
A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.

hum (noun)
An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.

hum (noun)
Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.

hum (noun)
A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.

hum (verb)
To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
We are humming happily along with the music.

hum (verb)
To express by humming.
To hum a tune.
The team ominously hummed “We shall overcome” as they came back onto the field after the break.

hum (verb)
To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.

hum (verb)
To buzz, be busily active like a beehive.
The streets were humming with activity.

hum (verb)
To produce low sounds which blend continuously.

hum (interjection)
Hmm; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.

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