"HM" meaning in English

See HM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: H.M. [alternative], H. M. [alternative]
Etymology: (Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”). Etymology templates: {{sense|Pokémon}} (Pokémon):, {{psm|en|ja|ひでんマシン|nocat=1|t=Secret Machine|tr=Hiden Mashin}} Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} HM
  1. (computing theory) Initialism of Hindley-Milner. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Hindley-Milner
    Sense id: en-HM-en-name-QG4TDmnE Categories (other): Theory of computing Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. Initialism of Hannah Montana, an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Hannah Montana (extra: an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011)
    Sense id: en-HM-en-name-jT7kCoiA

Noun

Forms: HMs [plural], H.M. [alternative], H. M. [alternative]
Etymology: (Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”). Etymology templates: {{sense|Pokémon}} (Pokémon):, {{psm|en|ja|ひでんマシン|nocat=1|t=Secret Machine|tr=Hiden Mashin}} Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} HM (plural HMs)
  1. (India, government) Initialism of Home Minister. Tags: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Home Minister
    Sense id: en-HM-en-noun-mkRdJS99 Categories (other): Indian English, Government, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Titles Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 1 40 20 6 1 12 12 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 5 4 27 14 4 1 22 22 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 7 5 37 19 7 3 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 3 40 18 7 1 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 2 42 20 7 1 11 11 Disambiguation of Titles: 3 1 35 17 6 1 19 19 Topics: government
  2. (military, US) Abbreviation of hospital corpsman. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: hospital corpsman
    Sense id: en-HM-en-noun-y8ZQpXtl Categories (other): American English, Military, English pronouns Disambiguation of English pronouns: 5 4 27 14 4 1 22 22 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (music) Initialism of heavy metal. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: heavy metal
    Sense id: en-HM-en-noun--mIZjJlF Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (Pokémon) Initialism of hidden machine Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: hidden machine
    Sense id: en-HM-en-noun-mA9fmJKr Categories (other): Pokémon
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: HM mule

Pronoun

Forms: H.M. [alternative], H. M. [alternative]
Etymology: (Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”). Etymology templates: {{sense|Pokémon}} (Pokémon):, {{psm|en|ja|ひでんマシン|nocat=1|t=Secret Machine|tr=Hiden Mashin}} Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”) Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} HM, {{en-pron}} HM
  1. Initialism of His Majesty (the title of a king). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: His Majesty (extra: the title of a king) Synonyms: HRM, His Royal Majesty
    Sense id: en-HM-en-pron-en:His_Majesty Categories (other): English pronouns Disambiguation of English pronouns: 5 4 27 14 4 1 22 22
  2. Initialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Her Majesty (extra: the title of a queen) Synonyms: HRM, Her Royal Majesty
    Sense id: en-HM-en-pron-en:Her_Majesty Categories (other): English pronouns Disambiguation of English pronouns: 5 4 27 14 4 1 22 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: HAM, HCM, HFM, HGDH, HH, HI&RM, HIll.H, HMG, HMS, HRH, HSH

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Pokémon"
      },
      "expansion": "(Pokémon):",
      "name": "sense"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "ひでんマシン",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t": "Secret Machine",
        "tr": "Hiden Mashin"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”)",
      "name": "psm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "H.M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "H. M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "20": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "HM",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "HM",
      "name": "en-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "HAM"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "HCM"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "HFM"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "HGDH"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "HH"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "HI&RM"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "HIll.H"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "HMG"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "HMS"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "HRH"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "HSH"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "the title of a king",
          "word": "His Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 27 14 4 1 22 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties"
        },
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: HRM, His Royal Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of His Majesty (the title of a king)."
      ],
      "id": "en-HM-en-pron-en:His_Majesty",
      "links": [
        [
          "His Majesty",
          "His Majesty#English"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:His Majesty"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "HRM"
        },
        {
          "word": "His Royal Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "the title of a queen",
          "word": "Her Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 27 14 4 1 22 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties"
        },
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: HRM, Her Royal Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen)."
      ],
      "id": "en-HM-en-pron-en:Her_Majesty",
      "links": [
        [
          "Her Majesty",
          "Her Majesty#English"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Her Majesty"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "HRM"
        },
        {
          "word": "Her Royal Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "HM"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "HM mule"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Pokémon"
      },
      "expansion": "(Pokémon):",
      "name": "sense"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "ひでんマシン",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t": "Secret Machine",
        "tr": "Hiden Mashin"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”)",
      "name": "psm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "HMs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "H.M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "H. M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "HM (plural HMs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Home Minister"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Indian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Government",
          "orig": "en:Government",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 40 20 6 1 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 27 14 4 1 22 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 5 37 19 7 3 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English words spelled without vowels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 3 40 18 7 1 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 2 42 20 7 1 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 35 17 6 1 19 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Titles",
          "orig": "en:Titles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Home Minister."
      ],
      "id": "en-HM-en-noun-mkRdJS99",
      "links": [
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "Home Minister",
          "Home Minister#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(India, government) Initialism of Home Minister."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "India",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hospital corpsman"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 27 14 4 1 22 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of hospital corpsman."
      ],
      "id": "en-HM-en-noun-y8ZQpXtl",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "hospital",
          "hospital#English"
        ],
        [
          "corpsman",
          "corpsman#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military, US) Abbreviation of hospital corpsman."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "heavy metal"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              50,
              52
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1982 April 24, “Women of Iron”, in Gay Community News, page 10:",
          "text": "When girls appropriate a male-dominated form like HM, can they discard its sexist content without replacing it with something else?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of heavy metal."
      ],
      "id": "en-HM-en-noun--mIZjJlF",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "heavy metal",
          "heavy metal#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Initialism of heavy metal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hidden machine"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Pokémon",
          "orig": "en:Pokémon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              31
            ],
            [
              29,
              32
            ],
            [
              219,
              221
            ],
            [
              253,
              255
            ],
            [
              253,
              256
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2023 March 12, Quinton O'Connor, “Pokemon Emerald: The 16 Best Hoenn HM Mules”, in TheGamer:",
          "text": "For any obstacle in the way, HMs such as Cut and Strength must be taught to one of the six Pokémon in the trainer's party. […] Relicanth is a relatively unsurprising inclusion. It fulfills the ideal requirements for an HM mule in that it can learn four HMs: Surf, Waterfall, Dive, and Rock Smash. That last one is what edges it out over other Water-types such as Luvdisc.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of hidden machine"
      ],
      "id": "en-HM-en-noun-mA9fmJKr",
      "links": [
        [
          "hidden machine",
          "hidden machine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Pokémon) Initialism of hidden machine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "HM"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Pokémon"
      },
      "expansion": "(Pokémon):",
      "name": "sense"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "ひでんマシン",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t": "Secret Machine",
        "tr": "Hiden Mashin"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”)",
      "name": "psm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "H.M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "H. M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "HM",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Hindley-Milner"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Theory of computing",
          "orig": "en:Theory of computing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Hindley-Milner."
      ],
      "id": "en-HM-en-name-QG4TDmnE",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "theory",
          "theory"
        ],
        [
          "Hindley-Milner",
          "Hindley-Milner type system#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing theory) Initialism of Hindley-Milner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "computing-theory",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011",
          "word": "Hannah Montana"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              135,
              137
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2022 May 15, Kayleigh Roberts, “Millie Bobby Brown Does a Spot-On Anna Delvey Impression That You *Must* Hear”, in Cosmopolitan:",
          "text": "She [Millie Bobby Brown] then demonstrated how she eventually started slipping in and out of an American accent as a by-product of her HM marathons (and fair warning, it’s so seamless that it’s a little jarring).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Hannah Montana, an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011."
      ],
      "id": "en-HM-en-name-jT7kCoiA",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hannah Montana",
          "w:Hannah Montana"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "HM"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English pronouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words spelled without vowels",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Titles"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Pokémon"
      },
      "expansion": "(Pokémon):",
      "name": "sense"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "ひでんマシン",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t": "Secret Machine",
        "tr": "Hiden Mashin"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”)",
      "name": "psm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "H.M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "H. M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "20": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "HM",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "HM",
      "name": "en-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "HAM"
    },
    {
      "word": "HCM"
    },
    {
      "word": "HFM"
    },
    {
      "word": "HGDH"
    },
    {
      "word": "HH"
    },
    {
      "word": "HI&RM"
    },
    {
      "word": "HIll.H"
    },
    {
      "word": "HMG"
    },
    {
      "word": "HMS"
    },
    {
      "word": "HRH"
    },
    {
      "word": "HSH"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "the title of a king",
          "word": "His Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties"
        },
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: HRM, His Royal Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of His Majesty (the title of a king)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "His Majesty",
          "His Majesty#English"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:His Majesty"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "HRM"
        },
        {
          "word": "His Royal Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "the title of a queen",
          "word": "Her Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties"
        },
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: HRM, Her Royal Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Her Majesty",
          "Her Majesty#English"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Her Majesty"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "HRM"
        },
        {
          "word": "Her Royal Majesty"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "HM"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English pronouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words spelled without vowels",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Titles"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "HM mule"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Pokémon"
      },
      "expansion": "(Pokémon):",
      "name": "sense"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "ひでんマシン",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t": "Secret Machine",
        "tr": "Hiden Mashin"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”)",
      "name": "psm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "HMs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "H.M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "H. M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "HM (plural HMs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Home Minister"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "Indian English",
        "en:Government"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Home Minister."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "Home Minister",
          "Home Minister#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(India, government) Initialism of Home Minister."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "India",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hospital corpsman"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English abbreviations",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of hospital corpsman."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "hospital",
          "hospital#English"
        ],
        [
          "corpsman",
          "corpsman#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military, US) Abbreviation of hospital corpsman."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "heavy metal"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              50,
              52
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1982 April 24, “Women of Iron”, in Gay Community News, page 10:",
          "text": "When girls appropriate a male-dominated form like HM, can they discard its sexist content without replacing it with something else?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of heavy metal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "heavy metal",
          "heavy metal#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Initialism of heavy metal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hidden machine"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Pokémon"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              31
            ],
            [
              29,
              32
            ],
            [
              219,
              221
            ],
            [
              253,
              255
            ],
            [
              253,
              256
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2023 March 12, Quinton O'Connor, “Pokemon Emerald: The 16 Best Hoenn HM Mules”, in TheGamer:",
          "text": "For any obstacle in the way, HMs such as Cut and Strength must be taught to one of the six Pokémon in the trainer's party. […] Relicanth is a relatively unsurprising inclusion. It fulfills the ideal requirements for an HM mule in that it can learn four HMs: Surf, Waterfall, Dive, and Rock Smash. That last one is what edges it out over other Water-types such as Luvdisc.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of hidden machine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hidden machine",
          "hidden machine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Pokémon) Initialism of hidden machine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "HM"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English pronouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words spelled without vowels",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Titles"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Pokémon"
      },
      "expansion": "(Pokémon):",
      "name": "sense"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "ひでんマシン",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t": "Secret Machine",
        "tr": "Hiden Mashin"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”)",
      "name": "psm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "H.M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "H. M.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "HM",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Hindley-Milner"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Theory of computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Hindley-Milner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "theory",
          "theory"
        ],
        [
          "Hindley-Milner",
          "Hindley-Milner type system#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing theory) Initialism of Hindley-Milner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "computing-theory",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011",
          "word": "Hannah Montana"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              135,
              137
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2022 May 15, Kayleigh Roberts, “Millie Bobby Brown Does a Spot-On Anna Delvey Impression That You *Must* Hear”, in Cosmopolitan:",
          "text": "She [Millie Bobby Brown] then demonstrated how she eventually started slipping in and out of an American accent as a by-product of her HM marathons (and fair warning, it’s so seamless that it’s a little jarring).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Hannah Montana, an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hannah Montana",
          "w:Hannah Montana"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "HM"
}

Download raw JSONL data for HM meaning in English (8.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Pokémon",
  "path": [
    "HM"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "HM",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Pokémon",
  "path": [
    "HM"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "HM",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.