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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Humble \Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. Humbler; superl. Humblest.] [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.]
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Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
THy humble nest built on the ground.
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Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
--Jas. iv. 6.She should be humble who would please.
--Prior.Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation.
--Washington.Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa ( Mimosa sensitiva).
To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles.
--Halliwell.
--Thackeray.
Humble \Hum"ble\, a. Hornless. See Hummel. [Scot.]
Humble \Hum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Humbling.]
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To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues Have humbled to all strokes.
--Shak.The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
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To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you.
--1 Pet. v. 6.Syn: To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace; degrade.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-13c., from Old French humble, earlier humele, from Latin humilis "lowly, humble," literally "on the ground," from humus "earth." Senses of "not self-asserting" and "of low birth or rank" were both in Middle English Related: Humbly; humbleness.Don't be so humble; you're not that great. [Golda Meir]To eat humble pie (1830) is from umble pie (1640s), pie made from umbles "edible inner parts of an animal" (especially deer), considered a low-class food. The similar sense of similar-sounding words (the "h" of humble was not pronounced then) converged in the pun. Umbles, meanwhile, is Middle English numbles "offal" (with loss of n- through assimilation into preceding article).
late 14c. in the intransitive sense of "to render oneself humble;" late 15c. in the transitive sense of "to lower (someone) in dignity;" see humble (adj.). Related: Humbled; humbling.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1
1 Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage. 2 Thinking lowly of oneself; claiming little for oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest. v
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1 To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate. 2 To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively. Etymology 2
a. hornless.
WordNet
adj. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" [syn: low, lowly, modest, small]
marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski [ant: proud]
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn: menial, lowly]
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" [syn: base, baseborn, lowly]
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 5908
Land area (2000): 9.867487 sq. miles (25.556674 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.013151 sq. miles (0.034062 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.880638 sq. miles (25.590736 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35348
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 29.994920 N, 95.264873 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 77338 77339 77345 77346 77396
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Wikipedia
Humble may refer to:
- One who has humility
Humble, launched in 2006 by entrepreneur Eric Berkowitz, is a New York-based full service, creative-driven production house, known for film direction, special effects, animation, motion graphics, 3D modeling and visual effects for television commercials, video content for the web & mobile devices, and music videos. Humble's work for Domino's Pizza was awarded a Clio and nominated for an Emmy. The Humble-produced music video for " Uprising" by Muse won the 2010 MTV Video Music Award for "Best Special Effects". Other artists' music videos produced by Humble include Wolfmother and Passion Pit.
In 2010 Humble expanded their production offering to include digital production services beyond video content.
Other notable clients have included IKEA, Samsung, Panasonic, Activision, Axe, Revlon, Starburst, Hoodie Allen, Tribeca Film Festival and The Museum of Sex.
Humble is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ben Humble (1903–1977), Scottish author
- Bill Humble (1911–1992), British aviator
- David Humble, retired Canadian badminton player
- Derek Humble (1931–1971), English jazz saxophonist
- Gwen Humble (born 1953), American actress
- Jack Humble, (1862–1931), English football player
- Jim Humble, originator and promoter of Miracle Mineral Supplement which is falsely claimed to cure various diseases
- Joan Humble (born 1951), British Labour Party MP
- John Samuel Humble (born 1956), " Wearside Jack", the Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer
- Kate Humble (born 1968), British television presenter
- Rod Humble, executive producer of video game company Electronic Arts
- Susan Humble (born 1978), British ice skater
- Tom Humble (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
- Weldon Humble (1921–1998), American footballer
- William Humble (1846–1924), English clergyman
Usage examples of "humble".
He might also have said, that when the proposition was made to himself and Grace, both had shrunk from the alliance with disgust: and that both had united in humble though vain remonstrances to their mother, against the sacrifice, and in petitions to their sister, that she would not be accessary to her own misery.
The depths of my evil passion were again sounded and aroused, and I resolved yet to humble the pride and conquer the coldness which galled to the very quick the morbid acuteness of my self-love.
Thus I humble myself before the decrees, of Providence and adore its wisdom.
He possessed the elegant accomplishments of a poet and orator, which dignify as well as adorn the humblest and the most exalted station.
In my humble opinion the ordinary method of agitating by way of petitions, deputations and the like is no remedy for moving to repentence a Government so hopelessly indifferent to the welfare of its charges as the Government of India has proved to me.
We, as humble annalists, can only vouch for the truth of the facts we have already related and of those which will follow.
The megatherium is an incongruity of nature, of gigantic proportions, yet ranking in a much humbler order than the elephant, that of the edenta, to which the sloth, ant-eater, and armadilla belong.
Mr Chairman, my hope is that we make articulate the yearnings and the aspirations of the humblest of our people.
And I recommend to them that, while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners, or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty hand to heal the wounds of the nation, and to restore it, as soon as may be consistent with divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity, and union.
It is the tale of a certain man, of humble bearing and modest occupation, named Ali Baba, and how a chance encounter led him to great wealth and even greater danger.
But was the humble Ali Baba embittered because his front walk was now heavily soiled and odoriferous?
For He would not fail to administer baptism so as to have baptized servants through whom He baptized others, since He did not fail in His humble service to wash their feet.
The humble abbe gently turned away to the window, and casting his eyes to heaven began to weep.
At last he could bear suspense no longer, and he wrote to Messrs Beit, inquiring in a humble manner whether the manuscript had arrived in safety.
Messrs Beit, inquiring in a humble manner whether the manuscript had arrived in safety.