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Hums

/ hʊms /

noun

  1. a variant of Homs

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It lent a subtle, savory funk — the kind that hums beneath the cheese rather than shouting over it.

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Still, audio wizards at Skywalker Sound had to come in after the fact with software to digitally wipe any lingering hums.

It’s mid-morning and the car hums past the border and into Navarra.

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The electric pump hums as it sends water gushing into a canal, forming a stream in the desert.

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Entering Sphere, the escalators are tinted sepia and the soundscape hums with birdsong and lowing cattle.

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