Hum baby to sleep.
Source: tatoeba (23924)
Hum
/ˈhʌm/
Synonyms for "hum" (239 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (48)
Strong matches (72)
Related words (119)
Noun(20 words)
nexusoperatic singingpendulumperiodicitypersistpipeplenumpowder trainprevailprogressionpsalmpurrpurringquaverqueuerangerankrecurrencereekreticulation
Show 69 more words
rotationrouladeroundroutinerowrumblerunrun throughscalescatscat singingscratchingsequenceserenadeseriesshakeshreddingsingsing in chorussingingsingle filesmellsol fasol-fasol-fa exercisesolfeggiosolmizatesolmizationsongspectrumsquealsquealsstammerstaticstringstumblestuttersuccessionswaththreadthrumthrummingtiertonic sol-fatraintremolotrilltrolltweedletweedledeetwittwittervocal musicvocalizationvocalizewarblewarblingwhirwhirringwhistlewhistleswhizwhizzingwindrowwoompingwowwowwowsyodelyodeling
Adjective(1 words)
repetitive noise
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
15 entriesactionactivenessactivityatmosphereenvironmentgomake noisenoiseresoundsingsoundsound emissionvocalization
More specific
11 entriesCollocations
12 entriesambient humbackground humcity humcontinuous humelectric humelectrical humloud humlow frequency hummachinery hummotor humoffice humrefrigerator hum
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
23 total sentences available.
A melody is not merely something you can hum.
Source: tatoeba (2943720)
I hear the buzz of a fan, the drip of the faucet, the hum of the fridge, the tick of the clock, the whoosh of cars passing by the house.
Source: tatoeba (3681674)
What's causing that hum?
Source: tatoeba (3823674)
Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.