gum

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

gumsgomgoomgumm

1.
(in plural, often)(often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
2.
(uncountable)(botany, biochemistry, chiefly uncountable) A viscous water-soluble carbohydrate exudate of certain plants that hardens when it becomes dry, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate.
gum arabic
gum-oleo-resin
3.
(uncountable)(chiefly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance resembling the true gum.
gum benzoin
4.
(uncountable)(chiefly uncountable) Chewing gum.
5.
(countable)A single piece of chewing gum.
Do you have a gum to spare?
6.
(South Africa, countable, in plural, often, uncountable)(South Africa, often in the plural) A gummi candy.
7.
(Southern US, US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)(US, dialect, Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
8.
(Southern US, US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)(US, dialect, Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
9.
(US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)(US, dialect) A rubber overshoe.
10.
(countable, uncountable)A gum tree, any of various types of trees or an individual thereof.

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verb

V_es/s

gums

V_ing/Gerund

gumming

V_ed/pp

gummedgom

1.
To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
2.
(transitive)To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
3.
(sometimes, with up)(sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
4.
To stiffen with glue or gum.
5.
(sometimes)(sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
6.
(colloquial, with up)To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.
The new editor can gum up your article with too many commas.

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From Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (palate), from *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (palate), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (to gape, yawn). 2 cog Cognate with gaumo, Gaum, Gaumen (palate), Gomm, Gumm (palate), גומען, gumme, gómur, gom; also hio, χάσκω, gomurỹs,, zát, zet (to gape), ziać,,, zíjati (to gape, yawn),, koy-, koyn.