To utter the sound of bees; to buzz.

To make an inarticulate buzzing sound. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums-- .

To pause in speaking, and make an audible noise like the humming bees. He hummed and hawed.' .

To make a dull, heavy noise like a drone. Still humming, on their drowsy course they took.

To applaud.

To sing in a low voice; as, to hum a tune.

To cause to hum; to impose on.

The noise of bees or insects.

A low confused noise, as of crowds; as the busy hum of men.

Any low dull noise.

A low inarticulate sound, uttered by a speaker in a pause; as hums and haws.

An expression of applause.

A sound with a pause, implying doubt and deliberation.