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Hum

noun
1.
The state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity.  Synonym: busyness.  "There is a constant hum of military preparation"
2.
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: Al Faran, Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, Harkat ul-Ansar, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, HUA, Movement of Holy Warriors.
3.
A humming noise.  Synonym: humming.
verb
(past & past part. hummed; pres. part. humming)
1.
Sing with closed lips.
2.
Be noisy with activity.  Synonyms: buzz, seethe.
3.
Sound with a monotonous hum.  Synonym: thrum.
4.
Make a low continuous sound.



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"Hum" Quotes from Famous Books



... post-chaise; and between whiles busied herself in adjusting the blankets, so as to protect her father from the cold, and in answering inquiries, which he seemed to make with a captious and querulous manner. She did not trust herself to look towards the Place, although the hum of the assembled crowd must have drawn her attention in that direction. The fourth person of the group was a handsome and genteel young man, who seemed to share Miss Bertram's anxiety, and her solicitude to soothe and accommodate ...
— Guy Mannering • Sir Walter Scott
... yer things in yer room," said the old man, and handing him a lamp he added, "ye know whar 'tis now, I hope, so make yerself tew hum." ...
— Uncle Terry - A Story of the Maine Coast • Charles Clark Munn
... rose to Stephen's mind a memory of an old churchyard with great trees and the scent of many flowers, and a child's voice that sounded harsh through the monotonous hum of bees: ...
— The Man • Bram Stoker
... Rochechouart, a few streets off. All Saturday and Sunday we were a prey to great alarm, there came so many reports that the insurgents were getting the upper hand. One could tell the state of affairs from the extreme quiet or the sudden hum in the street. When the news was bad, all the houses closed and the people disappeared; when better, the doors half opened and you heard the sound of men again. From the upper windows we could see each discharge ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 • Robert Louis Stevenson
... the director and founder of the local commercial bank, began to hum in a pleasant basso, beating time with his fingers on his ...
— Foma Gordyeff - (The Man Who Was Afraid) • Maxim Gorky


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