Humming : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Humming	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Humming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humming n a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic" [syn: hum, humming] the act of singing with closed lips
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hum \Hum\, 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. Fletcher. Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. --Pope. 2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. --Shak. 3. [Cf. {Hum}, interj.] To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem. 4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise. Here the spectators hummed. --Trial of the Regicides. Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing. 5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Humming \Hum"ming\, a. Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Humming \Hum"ming\, n. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. {Hummingale}, lively or strong ale. --Dryden. {Humming bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the family {Trochilid[91]}, 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. They are mostly of very small size, and are not for their very brilliant colors and peculiar habit of hovering about flowers while vibrating their wings very rapidly with a humming noise. They feed both upon the nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States is {Trochilus culubris}. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See {Calliope}, and {Ruby-throat}. {Humming-bird moth} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk moth. See {Hawk moth}, under {Hawk}, the bird.