gum
/gəm/
गम
noun
1. chewing gum
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
2. gingiva
the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
3. gum
any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants
they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
4. glue, mucilage
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
5. gumwood
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
6. gum tree
any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
verb
1. gum
cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
"if you gum the tape it is stronger"
2. mumble
grind with the gums
chew without teeth and with great difficulty
"the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
3. gum
become sticky
4. gum
exude or form gum
"these trees gum in the Spring"
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