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Type Words
Synonyms al faran, harkat-ul-mujahidin, harkat ul-ansar, harkat ul-mujahedeen, hua, movement of holy warriors
Type Words
Synonyms humming
Type of noise


the hum of distant traffic.
Type Words
Synonyms thrum
Type of sound, go
Type Words
Synonyms buzz, seethe
Type of be
Has types teem, swarm, pullulate
Derivation humming
Type Words
Synonyms busyness
Type of action, activity, activeness


there is a constant hum of military preparation.
Type Words
Type of noise, make noise, resound
Derivation humming


The refrigerator is humming.
Type Words
Type of sing
Derivation humming, hummer


She hummed a melody.

Examples of hum

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Its streets hum with semitrailers by day and fall silent on nights and weekends.
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I doubt there are many souls left on Earth who can't hum at least one U2 melody.
From the ocregister.com
There was light music playing, and the steady hum of simultaneous conversations.
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The streets hum with cargo trucks by day and fall silent on nights and weekends.
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Outside, the air might hum with the sound of horns, motors and hurried shoppers.
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While the songs aren't among Porter's greatest, they're what make this show hum.
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Hydroelectric dams now hum where only the crocodile hunter passed ten years ago.
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Almost everyone who is a gardener plants what I call standard ho-hum vegetables.
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When a song makes me tap my feet, sing, hum, dance or just feel good, I like it.
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More examples
  • Sing with closed lips; "She hummed a melody"
  • Busyness: the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity; "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"; "there is a constant hum of military preparation"
  • Harkat-ul-Mujahidin: 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
  • Be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity"
  • A humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic"
  • Sound with a monotonous hum
  • Hum is an alternative rock band from Champaign, Illinois. They have not been consistently active as a recording or touring group since 2000.
  • Highly unusual methods (also HUM) is a class of contract bridge bidding systems defined by the World Bridge Federation. Usually these are artificial systems that require advance preparation to contend with, and are restricted to the highest levels of tournament play in most locations. ...
  • Hum (Hindi: u0939u092E, English: We/Us) is a 1991 Hindi action crime film directed by Mukul S. Anand. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Rajnikanth, Govinda, Kimi Katkar, Deepa Sahi, Shilpa Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa, Anupam Kher and Kader Khan...