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Inflections of 'hum v ⇒ conjugate )hums v 3rd person singular humming v pres p hummed v past hummed v past p
Collocations for "hum"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hum" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025 hum ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK. n do you hear that hum? where is that hum coming from? there is a hum coming from [the microwave, outside, the circuit breaker] the hum of [electricity, insects, birds] a hum from the [freezer, cooler, refrigerator] the [house, room] is full of the hum of [voices, conversation] was [making, emitting] a hum a [soft, loud] hum the (constant) hum of traffic (from) [a persistent, an annoying] hum UK: the speech was full of hums and haws electricity: [remove, eliminate] low-frequency hum
'hum ' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
'hum' - English Only forum
[accelerated] hum - English Only forum
a little ho, hum, kitchen sink - English Only forum
betrayed her against the hum of the machinery - English Only forum
clip clop and spindle-hum - English Only forum
filled up by the low, vague hum of number - English Only forum
ho-hum - English Only forum
ho-hum reception - English Only forum
hub and hum - English Only forum
Hum a song - English Only forum
hum along - English Only forum
Hum and haw - English Only forum
hum and haw- short and long - English Only forum
hum bloody drum life - English Only forum
hum is splitting apart the bones - English Only forum
hum it ! - English Only forum
hum of efficiency and competence / executed in the hushed tones .... - English Only forum
hum or croon the tune - English Only forum
hum with - English Only forum
Hum, croon, chant or sing - English Only forum
hum, drone, rumble - English Only forum
in the scarcely breathing silence, the absent-minded, soliloquizing hum or whistle, of absorbed concentration. - English Only forum
in the scarcely breathing silence, the absent-minded, soliloquizing hum or whistle, of absorbed concentration. - English Only forum
Low hum - English Only forum
OM the jewel in the lotus HUM - English Only forum
Ould Hum ; bumpsy - English Only forum
Our factories hum to the thythm ... - English Only forum
take your shoes off and hum - English Only forum
The hum was less now. - English Only forum
"The sunlight had the hum of winnowed chaff" - English Only forum
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