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To make a low, steady continuous sound
“The computers hum softly, their murmur subdued beneath the hubbub created by students as they chat.”
To sing with closed lips
“Mother would commonly hum or sing while she got ready, and sometimes I would sing along or just listen.”
To be in a state of great activity
“Windsor and the surrounding towns hum with great places to eat, drink, and be as merry as a monarch.”
To teem, or be overrun or overflowing with
“The cafés hum with diners and drinkers.”
(British, slang) To smell unpleasant
“My feet really hum, and my GP told me to soak the soles in potassium permanganate.”
To function in an expected or specified manner
To emit or cause to emit sound
A low, steady continuous sound
“A couple of hours had passed, and the steady hum of the motors was beginning to make them drowsy.”
An unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor
Acoustical noise
An underlying quality or feeling
That which is heard by one's ears
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