hum
🇺🇸
/hʌm/
🇬🇧
/hʌm/
verb
R
to make a tune with closed lips
She likes to hum while she works.
R
to make a low, steady sound
The machine makes a soft hum when it's on.
R
to be busy and active
The city streets hum with people in the morning.
noun
R
a low, steady sound
I heard a quiet hum coming from the kitchen.
translation
to make a tune with closed lips; to make a low, steady sound; to be busy and active
a low, steady sound
Word Forms
Perfect
hummed
Progressive
humming
3rd Present
hums
Past
hummed
Plural
hums