Humming

  • 61hum — [[t]hʌ̱m[/t]] hums, humming, hummed 1) VERB If something hums, it makes a low continuous noise. The birds sang, the bees hummed... Within five hours, the equipment will be humming away again... [V ing] There was a low humming sound in the sky. N… …

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  • 62Hum — (h[u^]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. [root]15.] 1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. P.… …

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  • 63Hummed — Hum Hum (h[u^]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. [root]15.] 1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums …

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  • 64Singing — Sings and Vocals redirect here. For other uses, see Sings (disambiguation) and Vocals (disambiguation). Singer redirects here. For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). Harry Belafonte 1954 Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with… …

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  • 65Duncan Sheik — Background information Birth name Duncan Scott Sheik Born November 18, 1969 (1969 11 18 …

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  • 66Wagon-wheel effect — The wagon wheel effect (alternatively, or stagecoach wheel effect, stroboscopic effect) is an optical illusion in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation. The wheel can appear to rotate more slowly than the true… …

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  • 67Augustin-Henri Delattre — Augustin Henri Delattre, oft einfach nur Henri Delattre genannt bzw. der Nachname als de Lattre geschrieben, (* 29. September 1801 in Saint Omer, Pas de Calais Frankreich; † Juni 1876 im Paris) war ein französischer Tiermaler und Porträtkünstler …

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  • 68hum — I. /hʌm / (say hum) verb (hummed, humming) –verb (i) 1. to make a low, continuous, droning sound. 2. to give forth an indistinct sound of mingled voices or noises. 3. to utter an indistinct sound in hesitation, doubt, embarrassment,… …

  • 69hum — hum1 [hum] vi. hummed, humming [ME hummen, of echoic orig., as in Ger hummel, bumblebee, MDu hommeln, hum] 1. to make a low, continuous, murmuring sound like that of a bee or a motor 2. to sing with the lips closed, not producing words 3. to give …

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  • 70hummingbird — hummingbird, humming bird humming bird . (Zo[ o]l.), any bird of the family {Trochilid[ae]}, of which over one hundred genera are known, including about four hundred species. They are found only in America and are most abundant in the tropics.… …

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