hum in English: To sing a tune with your lips closed, or to make a low steady sound. (verb)

Translation

To sing a tune with your lips closed, or to make a low steady sound.

Word origin

From Middle English hummen, a word made to copy the sound of humming itself.

Verb typeregular (hum, hums, hummed)

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"Hummed" is the past form; humming is singing with your mouth closed.

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"Hums" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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Machines can hum too; it means they make a low, steady sound.

sing

To make music with your voice.

song

A short piece of music with words that people sing.

music

Pleasant sounds made by singing or by playing instruments.

sound

A sound is anything that you can hear with your ears.

voice

Your voice is the sound you make when you speak or sing.

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