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Meaning of hum

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hum
      n 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"
           [syn: {busyness}, {hum}]
      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 [syn: {Harkat-ul-Mujahidin},
         {HUM}, {Harkat ul-Ansar}, {HUA}, {Harkat ul-Mujahedeen}, {Al
         Faran}, {Movement of Holy Warriors}]
      3: a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic" [syn: {hum},
         {humming}]
      v 1: sing with closed lips; "She hummed a melody"
      2: be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with
         activity" [syn: {hum}, {buzz}, {seethe}]
      3: sound with a monotonous hum [syn: {hum}, {thrum}]
      4: make a low continuous sound; "The refrigerator is humming"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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