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Definition of Humming
1. Noun. A humming noise. "The hum of distant traffic"
2. Noun. The act of singing with closed lips.
Definition of Humming
1. a. Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.
2. n. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum.
Definition of Humming
1. Verb. (present participle of hum) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humming
1. hum [v] - See also: hum
Medical Definition of Humming
1. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. Hummingale, lively or strong ale. Humming bird, a hawk moth. See Hawk moth, under Hawk, the bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humming
Literary usage of Humming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"The following paper describes the salient features of an experimental research
on the humming telephone, conducted in the Gradu - ate School of Applied ..."
2. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1852)
"Perhaps you would wish to know the humming- something of their haunts. Chiefly m
the months of July and August, the tree called Bois Immortel, ..."
3. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1858)
"Ihere have been, as yet, but five species of humming birds discovered in the
United States ; these are, the Ruby-throated humming bird, ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"65. Vieil. 31, 32, and 33. Green-gold above ; grey beneath; throat, ruby-colour.
About three inches. Tobago humming Bird. ..."
5. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1893)
"Let me say here that it is not the separation of Swifts and humming-birds, provided
they are kept near one another, that is to be objected to, ..."
6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"In the United States eighteen species of humming-birds are known, but only one
of these is found east of the Mississippi and north of Florida. ..."
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