Hum
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- ~ (something) (to somebody) (to make the low, mormring sound of a bee, to sing with the li0s closed, to sing with closed lips) សូរសត្វល្អិតហើរ, សូរទ្រហឹង, ការហ៊ឹងត្រចៀក hum while working ច្រៀងរហ៊ឹមៗ, wires hum in the wind បន្លឺសូររហ៊ឹមៗ
- 2.
- (COLLOQUIAL) Make things hum មានចលនាឡើង
noun
- 1.
- (The noise of bees or the like) សូរងូងៗតិចៗ
Example: The sound you make is a huiw, Hundreds of bees hummed about the hivil, Bees hummed in the garden, a hum of voices in the next room; the hum of an engine.
verb — past tense: hummed ; past participle: hummed ; present participle: humming ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to sing with the lips closed) ច្រៀងតិចៗ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.
- 2.
- Any inarticulate and buzzing sound
- 3.
- The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry.
- 4.
- A buzz or murmur, as of approbation.
- 5.
- An imposition or hoax.
verb — past tense: hummed ; past participle: hummed ; present participle: humming ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To express satisfaction with by humming.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition.
- 7.
- (TRANSITIVE) To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
- 8.
- (TRANSITIVE) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
Interjection
- 1.
- An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc.
- 2.
- A kind of strong drink formerly used.
- 3.
- Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.