HUM, v.i. To utter the sound of bees; to buzz. 1. To make an inarticulate buzzing sound. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums--2. To pause in speaking, and make an audible noise like the humming bees. He hummed and hawed.3. To make a dull, heavy noise like a drone. Still humming, on their drowsy course they took.4. To applaud.HUM, v.t. To sing in a low voice; as, to hum a tune. 1. To cause to hum; to impose on.HUM, n. The noise of bees or insects. 1. A low confused noise, as of crowds; as the busy hum of men.2. Any low dull noise.3. A low inarticulate sound, uttered by a speaker in a pause; as hums and haws.4. An expression of applause.HUM, exclam. A sound with a pause, implying doubt and deliberation.
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