Definition & Meaning of "mum"in English

Mum

a woman who raises or gives birth to a child

Dialect

British

American

Informal

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Human

Composition

Simple

Countable

Plural form

mums

Examples

My mum always knows how to cheer me up when I'm feeling down.

secrecy

mum

failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to

Grammatical Information

Composition

Simple

qualitative

Superlative

mummest

Comparative

mummer

gradable

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