Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hum
Participle: hummed
Gerund: humming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hum |
| you | hum |
| he;she;it | hums |
| we | hum |
| you | hum |
| they | hum |
Perfect
| I | have hummed |
| you | have hummed |
| he;she;it | has hummed |
| we | have hummed |
| you | have hummed |
| they | have hummed |
Past
| I | hummed |
| you | hummed |
| he;she;it | hummed |
| we | hummed |
| you | hummed |
| they | hummed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hummed |
| you | had hummed |
| he;she;it | had hummed |
| we | had hummed |
| you | had hummed |
| they | had hummed |
Future
| I | will hum |
| you | will hum |
| he;she;it | will hum |
| we | will hum |
| you | will hum |
| they | will hum |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hummed |
| you | will have hummed |
| he;she;it | will have hummed |
| we | will have hummed |
| you | will have hummed |
| they | will have hummed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hum |
| you | hum |
| he;she;it | hum |
| we | hum |
| you | hum |
| they | hum |
Perfect
| I | have hummed |
| you | have hummed |
| he;she;it | have hummed |
| we | have hummed |
| you | have hummed |
| they | have hummed |
Imperfect
| I | hummed |
| you | hummed |
| he;she;it | hummed |
| we | hummed |
| you | hummed |
| they | hummed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hummed |
| you | had hummed |
| he;she;it | had hummed |
| we | had hummed |
| you | had hummed |
| they | had hummed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hum |
| you | would hum |
| he;she;it | would hum |
| we | would hum |
| you | would hum |
| they | would hum |
Perfect
| I | would have hummed |
| you | would have hummed |
| he;she;it | would have hummed |
| we | would have hummed |
| you | would have hummed |
| they | would have hummed |
Imperative
| you | hum |
| we | Let's hum |
| you | hum |
Verbs conjugated like 'hum'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hum'
bum,
chum,
fum,
gum,
ham,
hem,
hmm,
hug,
humf,
hump,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to smell bad
- funk, honk, niff, pong, reek, smell, stink, stink to high heaven, whiff
- to make a protracted, often monotonous, vibration sound
- bombinate, buzz, drone, thrum, whirr, whizz
Antonyms
- A sudden sound
- snap
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374,
hommen "make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment," later
hummen "to buzz, drone" (c.1420), probably of imitative origin. Sense of "sing with closed lips" is first attested c.1485; that of "be busy and active" is 1884, perhaps on analogy of a beehive.
Humming-bird (1637) so called from sound made by the rapid vibration of its wings.
"There is a curious bird to see to, called a humming bird, no bigger then a great Beetle." [Thomas Morton, "New English Canaan," 1637]
2. From Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin. See: Dutch '
hommelen', Dutch '
hommen', Middle High German '
hummen'.
Sample Sentences
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“ They come to me sometimes in my sleep, those spirits; ” and Eva's eyes grew dreamy, and she hummed, in a low voice,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)