om

noun

1. (Hinduism)A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.

   “In fact it sounded exactly like the voice of Livia, her vanished sister, and, like her, it was intoning the Aum just as she used once to do at the beginning of her yoga sessions.”

   “Om is pronounced "a-a-o-o-u-u-m-m" and is repeated slowly for as long as possible.”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of outer marker.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of otitis media.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of old measurement.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of old man (term of address for a male).

   “Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all.”

6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of operations manager.

verb

1. (intransitive)To chant the sacred syllable om.

   “Allen Ginsberg omming like a death rattle, his voice ravaged by the days of Hindu chants and gas.”

   “I had to go into church to clear it by chanting the sacred mantra 'Om'. I was omming, loudly and intensely so that the vibration of that sacred mantra would fill every corner.”

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Occupy movement.
2. (Commonwealth, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Order of Merit, a dynastic order of the Royal House of Windsor.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Olympique de Marseille.
4. A river in the south of the Western Siberian plains in Russia, a right tributary of the Irtysh.