| hum | | |
| n. (state) | 1. busyness, hum | the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity.; "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"; "there is a constant hum of military preparation" |
| ~ activeness, action, activity | the state of being active.; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" |
| n. (group) | 2. al faran, harkat ul-ansar, harkat ul-mujahedeen, harkat-ul-mujahidin, hua, hum, movement of holy warriors | an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan. |
| ~ act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear. |
| ~ foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization | a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals. |
| ~ islamic republic of pakistan, pakistan, west pakistan | a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947. |
| n. (event) | 3. hum, humming | a humming noise.; "the hum of distant traffic" |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| v. (communication) | 4. hum | sing with closed lips.; "She hummed a melody" |
| ~ sing | produce tones with the voice.; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well" |
| v. (stative) | 5. buzz, hum, seethe | be noisy with activity.; "This office is buzzing with activity" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ pullulate, swarm, teem | be teeming, be abuzz.; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries" |
| v. (perception) | 6. hum, thrum | sound with a monotonous hum. |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (communication) | 7. hum | make a low continuous sound.; "The refrigerator is humming" |
| ~ make noise, noise, resound | emit a noise. |
| tired | | |
| adj. | 1. tired | depleted of strength or energy.; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat" |
| ~ all in, beat, bushed, dead | very tired.; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip" |
| ~ aweary, weary | physically and mentally fatigued.; "`aweary' is archaic" |
| ~ blear, blear-eyed, bleary, bleary-eyed | tired to the point of exhaustion. |
| ~ bored, world-weary | tired of the world.; "bored with life"; "strolled through the museum with a bored air" |
| ~ burned-out, burnt-out | exhausted as a result of longtime stress.; "she was burned-out before she was 30" |
| ~ careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn | showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face" |
| ~ drooping, flagging | weak from exhaustion. |
| ~ dog-tired, exhausted, fagged, fatigued, played out, washed-out, worn out, spent, worn-out | drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out" |
| ~ footsore | having sore or tired feet. |
| ~ jaded, wearied | exhausted.; "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed" |
| ~ knackered, drained | very tired. |
| ~ ragged | worn out from stress or strain.; "run ragged" |
| ~ travel-worn | tired by travel. |
| ~ unrefreshed, unrested | not rested or refreshed. |
| ~ whacked | (British informal) exhausted or worn out. |
| adj. | 2. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" |
| ~ unoriginal | not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual.; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern" |
| lullaby | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. berceuse, cradlesong, lullaby | a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep. |
| ~ song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| n. (act) | 2. cradlesong, lullaby | the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep. |
| ~ song, strain | the act of singing.; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" |
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