gum

Nouns

(n) a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing chewing gum,
(n) the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth gingiva,
(n) any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
(n) cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive glue, mucilage,
(n) wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum gumwood,
(n) any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum gum tree,

Verbs

(v) cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
- if you gum the tape it is stronger
(v) grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
- the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food
mumble,
(v) become sticky
(v) exude or form gum
- these trees gum in the Spring

Synonyms

chewing gum mumble gingiva glue mucilage gumwood gum tree

Words of close approximity

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