Hummed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hum \Hum\ (h[u^]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hummed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Humming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D.
     hommelen. [root]15.]
     1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in
        flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. --P.
        Fletcher.


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              Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m
        prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to
        mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone.
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              The cloudy messenger turns me his back,
              And hums.                             --Shak.
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     3. [Cf. {Hum}, interj.] To make an inarticulate sound, like
        h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from
        embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.
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     4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
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              Here the spectators hummed.           --Trial of the
                                                    Regicides.
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     Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express
           gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing.
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     5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head
        hums, -- a pathological condition.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hummed
       See {hum}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hum
       n 1: 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" [syn: {busyness}]
       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 [syn: {Harkat-ul-Mujahidin},
           {Harkat ul-Ansar}, {HUA}, {Harkat ul-Mujahedeen}, {Al
          Faran}, {Movement of Holy Warriors}]
       3: a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic" [syn: {humming}]
       v 1: sing with closed lips; "She hummed a melody"
       2: be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with
          activity" [syn: {buzz}, {seethe}]
       3: sound with a monotonous hum [syn: {thrum}]
       4: make a low continuous sound; "The refrigerator is humming"
       [also: {humming}, {hummed}]