Close and Mum

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Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

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Mum and close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mum" instead an adjective "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Mum adjective - Deliberately refraining from speech.

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Close and mum are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Mum".

old	old close	old mum
actual	actual close	actual mum
real	real close	real mum
great	great close	great mum
Other adjectives: evil, remaining.

Gunnerkrigg Court: Antimony is named for the element, and both parts of her mum's maiden name refer to it — "Surma" is (close to) Russian for "antimony", and "Stibnite" is antimony sulfide.

Source: Theme Naming
Foreshadowing: In Ethan's guess who challenge, after Ethan reads that someone drank their mum's spit, the first thing we see is a close-up of Tobi's reaction.

Source: Creator / Ultimate Sidemen
Subsequently, the girls become close friends and the readers learn that neither girl had any friends at the school before, that both girls' parents had been friends years prior, and that Kat's mum — knowing that Annie was the daughter of her old friend—had encouraged Kat to befriend her.

Source: Once More, with Clarity!

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