hum

/hʌm/ verb (present participle humming, past tense and past participle hummed)

Translation

SING [I, T] › to sing without opening your mouth

mırıldanmak

She hummed to herself as she walked to school. I've forgotten the tune. Can you hum it to me?2370

MAKE SOUND [I] › to make a continuous, low sound

vızıldamak, vınlamak, uğuldamak

The computers were humming in the background.1092

be humming › If a place is humming, it is busy and full of activity.

dopdolu, kaynayan, arı kovanı gibi, ana baba günü

1359

hum noun [C] › a low, continuous sound

vızıltı, vınlama, uğuldama

the hum of traffic 1092

(Definition of hum verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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