Hum (Noun)
Meaning 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".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The office was filled with a quiet hum of focused work on the day of the big deadline.
- There was a hum of excitement in the air as the crowd waited for the concert to begin.
- The city is always alive with a hum of activity, day and night.
- The hum of anticipation in the stadium was palpable as the teams took to the field for the championship game.
- As the tourists walked through the bustling market, they were surrounded by a hum of haggling vendors and chattering shoppers.
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Meaning 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.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 3
A humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.