(intransitive, chiefly obsolete) To hum.

(transitive, intransitive) To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of / (transitive, often reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.

Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. / Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

(Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) Alternative form of hummel.

present participle of humble

simple past tense and past participle of humble

(proscribed) (usually qualifying a first-person pronoun) Grateful for the support of others, touched; honored, flattered. / Overcome with humility; in awe of the strength of another or one's own weakness

An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.

Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling of inferiority.

plural of humbleness