Definition of hum

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Hum (v. i.) To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums..

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Hum :: Hum (interj.) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc..
Belles-lettres :: Belles-lettres (n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
Pilgrimage :: Pilgrimage (n.) The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life..
Humid :: Humid (a.) Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor..
Prosthesis :: Prosthesis (n.) The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also prothesis..
Hummed :: Hummed (imp. & p. p.) of Hu.
Lower :: Lower (a.) To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride..
Kephalin :: Kephalin (n.) One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles, supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain tissue..
Lord :: Lord (n.) A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.
Mankind :: Mankind (n.) Human feelings; humanity.
Mortality :: Mortality (n.) Human life; the life of a mortal being.
Inhumed :: Inhumed (imp. & p. p.) of Inhum.
Nummulation :: Nummulation (n.) The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope..
Dehumanize :: Dehumanize (v. t.) To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing influences..
Subhyaloid :: Subhumerate (v. t.) To place the shoulders under; to bear.
Person :: Person (n.) A human being spoken of indefinitely; one; a man; as, any person present..
Humor :: Humor (n.) Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc..
Pollex :: Pollex (n.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing..
Sworded :: Swordbill (n.) A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird..
Necessitarianism :: Necessitarianism (n.) The doctrine of philosophical necessity; the doctrine that results follow by invariable sequence from causes, and esp. that the will is not free, but that human actions and choices result inevitably from motives; deteminism..
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