āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to hum
01
āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to sing a tune with closed lips
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He hummed as he walked down the street.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make a low, continuous, and steady sound
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The refrigerator hummed softly in the kitchen.
āĻ°ā§āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻ°āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to be filled with a continuous, low noise
Intransitive: to hum with a low steady sound
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The library hummed with the quiet murmur of students studying.
āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to be busy or engaged in a lot of activity or work
Intransitive: to hum with activity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The city seemed to hum with excitement during the annual festival.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļāĻšāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
05
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to emit a strong, unpleasant odor
Humorous
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The trash was humming so bad we had to take it out immediately.
āĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻž āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
a low, continuous, vibrating sound
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She listens to the hum of the city at night.
02
a state of energetic activity or busy movement
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The kitchen is in a hum as the chefs prepare meals.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
hummer
humming
hum
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
