hum
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1.0
- noun
- /hʌm/
:
zumbido
- The room was filled with a low, continuous hum from the air conditioning unit.
- low hum
- background hum
- a hum of activity
We should not mind so small a flower just when light of mourn with hum of bees in Keats.
- We should not mind so small a flower just when light of mourn with hum of bees in Keats.
- It's just, you know, it's very quiet and it's, you might hear a slight hum, but that's it.
- And a background hum of anxiety is enhanced.
- So this is a constant background hum to this.
- I was inspired by the hum of life and the sounds that we hear.
- But part of it was that, that pop, part of it was this like this hum.
Examples
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The wats in Laos and Thailand, even in Burma, hum with activity, the old ripening the young.
Academic text (2007) -
All I could hear was the quiet hum from earlier, this time slightly louder.
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So this is a constant background hum to this.
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I was inspired by the hum of life and the sounds that we hear.
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"A round on me," I said, and an excited hum swept the room.
Fiction book (1991) -
There I live, and there I hear from day to day the low hum of restful life.
Academic text (2002) -
Otherwise, the mics will pick up a ground hum or low buzz.
Academic text (2006) -
The tabernacle is silent except for the hum of the revolving fans.
Academic text (1994) -
Throughout the tunnel, the echoing hum of the massive turbines can be heard, incessantly spinning ahead.
Academic text (1993) -
I love the calm and custom of quick fingers weaving, the shuttle's buzz and hum, the spindle's bees.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.0
A loud, unpleasant sound that disturbs you
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3.2
A deep low sound that you can hear for a long time, often from thunder, machines, or your stomach
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1.0
A low steady sound like bees or a machine
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4.1
A low, quiet sound made by people speaking softly or by small movements
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3.1
A low, continuous sound you can feel
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3.4
A low continuous sound made by voices or nature
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2.7
A low steady sound like bees or a machine running
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7.2
A low, steady humming sound that you can hear
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2.7
A long low dull sound like distant thunder
A low steady humming sound heard in the background
A continuous low buzzing sound like bees make
A low steady buzzing sound made by insects or machines
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Etymology
Hum started as a word that copied a low, steady 'hmm' sound, like a motor or a bee, and now it names that background noise. So the 'hum' you hear in a café or from a machine is that same steady, low sound.