See hum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.",
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"ref": "c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:",
"text": "the shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums",
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"ref": "c. 1622, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger [et al.?], “Beggars Bush”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):",
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"(with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people."
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hum and haw"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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],
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{
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{
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{
"categories": [],
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{
"text": "We are humming happily along with the music.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed."
],
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"vocal cords",
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],
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"(intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed."
],
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"intransitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "همهم"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "zumzejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hēng",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "哼"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "to hum a melody",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hēngchàng",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "哼唱"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "broukat si"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "neuriën"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "brommen"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "zumi"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "hymistä"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "hyristä"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "hyräillä"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "fredonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "summen"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mourmourízo",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "μουρμουρίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "teretízō",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "τερετίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "niperujoorpoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "dúdol"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "raula"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "canticchiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "canterellare"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "mormorare"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "brontolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "sibilare"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "bofonchiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "rinai"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "senandung"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "tamumu"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "tamūtamū"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "gunagunāunu",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "गुनगुनाउनु"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "monmer"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "nucić"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "cantarolar"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "trautear"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "fredona"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žužžátʹ",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "жужжа́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "guñjati",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "गुञ्जति"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "pjevušiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "canturrear"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "tararear"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "nynna"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "gnola"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 9 11 4 11 7 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "mırıldanmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to hum a tune",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The team hummed “We Shall Overcome” as they came back onto the field after the break.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To express by humming."
],
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"links": [
[
"express",
"express"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To express by humming."
],
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"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 86 6 3 2 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to express by humming",
"word": "taral·lejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 6 3 2 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express by humming",
"word": "hyräillä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 6 3 2 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vouízo",
"sense": "to express by humming",
"word": "βουίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 6 3 2 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to express by humming",
"word": "momi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 6 3 2 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to express by humming",
"word": "hamumu"
}
]
},
{
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},
{
"_dis": "5 5 5 3 4 10 3 14 8 5 2 12 7 3 6 6",
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},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "5 5 6 4 2 9 4 16 9 5 3 13 6 3 4 5",
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},
{
"_dis": "4 4 4 4 4 11 4 13 8 5 3 12 6 3 8 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "4 4 5 3 3 11 4 14 8 5 3 12 7 3 7 6",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 5 3 2 11 4 15 9 5 2 14 6 3 6 7",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "3 3 4 4 3 8 2 13 10 6 3 14 5 11 5 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Animal sounds",
"orig": "en:Animal sounds",
"parents": [
"Sounds",
"Vocalizations",
"Sound",
"Communication",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
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{
"ref": "1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:",
"text": "The leaves of the foreſt were loaded with manna, pure amber dropped from every bough, honey diſtilled from the rifted rock, and the humming bee, drunk with joy, ſtrayed from flower to flower, forgetful of his burſting cells.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC:",
"text": "A slight gloom fell upon the table. Jacob was helping himself to jam; the postman was talking to Rebecca in the kitchen; there was a bee humming at the yellow flower which nodded at the open window.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly."
],
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"links": [
[
"drone",
"drone"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "brǎmča",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "бръмча"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "bzučet"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "zoemen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"english": "depending on the species' precise sound",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "brommen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "surista"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "bourdonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "pörissä"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "ronzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "wheo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "wheowheo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "tamumu"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "tamūtamū"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"english": "Of a bee",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "ngī"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 81 5 2 3 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "vızıldamak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"text": "The streets were humming with activity.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To buzz, be busily active like a beehive"
],
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[
"buzz",
"buzz"
],
[
"beehive",
"beehive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 2 16 70 2 4 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be busily active like a beehive",
"word": "kuhista"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 2 16 70 2 4 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be busily active like a beehive",
"word": "fourmiller"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 3 4 4 3 8 2 13 10 6 3 14 5 11 5 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Animal sounds",
"orig": "en:Animal sounds",
"parents": [
"Sounds",
"Vocalizations",
"Sound",
"Communication",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 2 3 8 2 1 3 5 13 9 7 13 3 22 3 2",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sounds",
"orig": "en:Sounds",
"parents": [
"Sound",
"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To produce low sounds which blend continuously"
],
"id": "en-hum-en-verb-gdgfrEA5",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 2 1 91 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎnkam",
"sense": "to produce low sounds which blend continuously",
"word": "мънкам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 2 1 91 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce low sounds which blend continuously",
"word": "hurista"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 2 1 91 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce low sounds which blend continuously",
"word": "surista"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 2 1 91 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to produce low sounds which blend continuously",
"word": "mapu"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "5 5 4 3 4 12 2 12 7 4 3 11 6 3 11 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reek, smell bad."
],
"id": "en-hum-en-verb-PvBczKJy",
"links": [
[
"reek",
"reek"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(British, slang) To reek, smell bad."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"slang"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 2 2 86 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vonja",
"sense": "to smell bad",
"word": "воня"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 2 2 86 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to smell bad",
"word": "stinken"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 2 2 86 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to smell bad",
"word": "haista"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 2 2 86 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to smell bad",
"word": "apestar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 2 2 86 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to smell bad",
"word": "jeder"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug."
],
"id": "en-hum-en-verb-lWG8AoDu",
"links": [
[
"humbug",
"humbug"
]
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "μουρμουρίζω"
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"code": "kl",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "raula"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
"word": "canticchiare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "ms",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make sound with lips closed",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to express by humming",
"word": "taral·lejar"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express by humming",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "to express by humming",
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"sense": "to express by humming",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to express by humming",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "brǎmča",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "бръмча"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
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"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
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"english": "depending on the species' precise sound",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "brommen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
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"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
"word": "tamūtamū"
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"english": "Of a bee",
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"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to be busily active like a beehive",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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