hymn

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /hɪm/ See IPA manual

Homophones

him /ˈhɪm/

Freq #14951

Meanings

1

verb
praise by singing a hymn

They hymned their love of God.
2

noun
A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.

But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
3

verb
To sing a hymn.

An unknown cast, including Diane Keaton, hymned the Age of Aquarius, stripped off at the end of the first act and let the sunshine in at the end of the second.
4

verb
To praise or extol in hymns.

To hymn the birth-night of the Lord.

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Word family

Related forms theody

Etymology

From Middle English ymne, from Old English ymen (reinforced by Old French ymne), from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos).

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# hymn

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /hɪm/
**Frequency rank:** 14951

## Meanings
1. praise by singing a hymn
2. A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.
3. To sing a hymn.
4. To praise or extol in hymns.

## Examples
- They hymned their love of God.
- But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
- An unknown cast, including Diane Keaton, hymned the Age of Aquarius, stripped off at the end of the first act and let the sunshine in at the end of the second.
- To hymn the birth-night of the Lord.

## Related Forms
- theody

## Etymology
From Middle English ymne, from Old English ymen (reinforced by Old French ymne), from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos).

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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