mum
mum is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Silent; not speaking. Thackeray. The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. Shak.
- 2.Be silent! Hush! Mum, then, and no more. Shak.
- 3.Silence. [R.] Hudibras.
- 4.A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany. Addison. The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum. Pope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absence
- and
- aphonia
- aphonous
- aphony
- bated
- between
- bite
- breath
- breathless
- bridle
- broken
- button
- cave
- childish
- close
- concealment
- costive
- costiveness
- counsel
- cracked
- curt
- curtness
- cut
- deaf
- drown
- dry
- dumb
- dumbness
- dumfounder
- dummy
- dysphony
- escape
- faintness
- falsetto
- few
- finger
- fish
- gag
- grave
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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