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mum

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: mum

1
 adjn
failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
secrecy
2
 n
informal terms for a mother
3
 n
of China
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: mum
1

adj failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to

Synonyms:
silent
incommunicative, uncommunicative
not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

n secrecy

“mum's the word”
Type of:
secrecy, secretiveness, silence
the trait of keeping things secret
2

n informal terms for a mother

Synonyms:
ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mummy
Type of:
female parent, mother
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
3

n of China

Synonyms:
Chrysanthemum morifolium, Dendranthema grandifloruom, florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum
Type of:
chrysanthemum
any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated
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