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1. (n.) gum
any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
2. gum
any of various similar exudations, as resin.
3. gum
a sticky, adhesive preparation of such a plant substance, as for use in the arts or bookbinding.
4. gum
the adhesive by which a postage stamp is affixed.
5. (v.t.) gum
to smear, stiffen, or stick together with gum.
6. gum
to clog with or as if with a gummy substance.
7. (v.i.) gum
to exude or form gum.
8. gum
to become gummy.
9. gum
to become clogged with a gummy substance.
10. gum
Slang. to spoil or ruin.
11. (n.) gum
Often, gums.
12. (v.t.) gum
to masticate with toothless gums.
13. gum
to shape or renew the teeth of (a saw).
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME gome, OE gōma palate; akin to OHG guomo, ON gōmr palate)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) chewing gum, gum
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
2. (noun) gingiva, gum
the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
3. (noun) gum
any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
4. (noun) glue, gum, mucilage
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
5. (noun) gumwood, gum
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
6. (verb) gum tree, gum
any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
7. (verb) gum
cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
"if you gum the tape it is stronger"
8. (verb) mumble, gum
grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
"the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
9. (verb) gum
become sticky
10. (verb) gum
exude or form gum
"these trees gum in the Spring"
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1. (noun) gum
candy you chew but do not swallow
2. (noun) gum
a kind of candy that you chew for a long time; = chewing gum
Please do not chew gum in class.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) GUM
the dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws
2. (noun) GUM
a vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins
3. (noun) GUM
see Gum tree, below
4. (noun) GUM
a hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log
5. (noun) GUM
a rubber overshoe
6. (verb) GUM
to deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer
7. (verb) GUM
to smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance
8. (verb) GUM
to exude or from gum; to become gummy
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Sense: (usually in plural) the firm flesh in which the teeth grow.
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 Afrikaans: tandvleis |
 Arabic: لُثَّه |
 Bulgarian: венец |
 Brazilian: gengiva |
 Czech: dáseň |
 German: das Zahnfleisch |
 Danish: gumme; tandkød |
 Greek: ούλο |
 Spanish: encía |
 Estonian: ige(med) |
 Farsi: لثه |
 Finnish: ien |
 French: gencive(s) |
 Hindi: मसूडा़, वर्त्स |
 Croatian: desni |
 Hungarian: íny |
 Indonesian: gusi |
 Icelandic: tannhold |
 Italian: gengiva |
 Japanese: 歯ぐき |
 Korean: 잇몸 |
 Lithuanian: dantenos, dantų smegenys |
 Latvian: smaganas |
 Malay: gusi |
 Dutch: tandvlees |
 Norwegian: tannkjøtt |
 Polish: dziąsło |
 Persian: لثه |
 Pashto: اوری،ژاوله |
 Portuguese: gengiva |
 Romanian: gingie |
 Russian: десна |
 Slovak: ďasno |
 Slovenian: dlesna |
 Serbian: desni |
 Swedish: tandkött |
 Thai: เหงือก |
 Turkish: diş eti |
 Taiwanese: 牙齦 |
 Ukrainian: ясна |
 Urdu: مسوڑھا |
 Vietnamese: lợi |
 Chinese: 齿龈 |
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