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hum
A	noun
	1	hum, humming
			a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚sound ╚noise ╚hum, humming
	2	Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors
			an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚movement; social movement; front ╚political movement ╚terrorist organization; terrorist group; foreign terrorist organization; FTO ╚Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors
	3	busyness, hum
			the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity; "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"; "there is a constant hum of military preparation"
		Category Tree: state ╚action; activity; activeness ╚busyness, hum
B	verb
	1	hum
			sing with closed lips; "She hummed a melody"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚talk; speak; utter; mouth; verbalize; verbalise ╚sing ╚hum
	2	hum
			make a low continuous sound; "The refrigerator is humming"
		Category Tree: cause to be perceived ╚sound; go ╚make noise; resound; noise ╚hum
	3	hum, thrum
			sound with a monotonous hum
		Category Tree: cause to be perceived ╚sound; go ╚hum, thrum
	4	hum, buzz, seethe
			be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity"
		Category Tree: be ╚hum, buzz, seethe ╚teem; pullulate; swarm

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