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Meaning of 'gum' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gum [ n.]
- The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
- 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.
- See Gum tree, below.
- 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.
- A rubber overshoe.
2 . Gum [ v. i.]
- To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
3 . Gum [ v. t.]
- To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
- 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.

Meaning of 'gum' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gum [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
Example in sentence:
  • if you gum the tape it is stronger
Meaning (2):
- grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
Example in sentence:
  • the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food
Meaning (3):
- exude or form gum
Example in sentence:
  • these trees gum in the Spring

Nearby Words:

gum ammoniac gumbo gumboil gumma gummata gummatous gummed gummer gummiferous gumminess

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