gum

gum ¹

 (gŭm)

n.

1.

a. Any of various viscous substances that are exuded by certain plants and trees and dry into water-soluble, noncrystalline, brittle solids.

b. A similar plant exudate, such as a resin.

c. Any of various adhesives made from such exudates or other sticky substance.

2. A substance resembling the viscous substance exuded by certain plants, as in stickiness.

3.

a. Any of various trees, especially of the genera Eucalyptus and Liquidambar, that are sources of gum. Also called gum tree.

b. The wood of such a tree; gumwood.

4. Chewing gum.

v. gummed, gum·ming, gums

v.tr.

To cover, smear, seal, fill, or fix in place with gum.

v.intr.

1. To exude or form gum.

2. To become sticky or clogged.

Phrasal Verb:

gum up

To ruin or bungle: gum up the works.

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[Middle English gomme, from Old French, from Late Latin gumma, variant of Latin gummi, cummi, from Greek kommi, perhaps from Egyptian ḳmj-t.]

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gum ²

 (gŭm)

n.

The firm connective tissue covered by mucous membrane that envelops the alveolar arches of the jaw and surrounds the bases of the teeth. Also called gingiva.

tr.v. gummed, gum·ming, gums

To chew (food) with toothless gums.

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[Middle English gome, from Old English gōma, palate, jaw.]

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gum

(ɡʌm)

n

1. (Plants) any of various sticky substances that exude from certain plants, hardening on exposure to air and dissolving or forming viscous masses in water

2. (Plants) any of various products, such as adhesives, that are made from such exudates

3. (Chemistry) any sticky substance used as an adhesive; mucilage; glue

4. (Plants) NZ short for kauri gum

5. See chewing gum, bubble gum, gumtree

6. (Cookery) chiefly Brit a gumdrop

vb, gums, gumming or gummed

7. to cover or become covered, clogged, or stiffened with or as if with gum

8. (tr) to stick together or in place with gum

9. (intr) to emit or form gum

[C14: from Old French gomme, from Latin gummi, from Greek kommi, from Egyptian kemai]

ˈgumless adj

ˈgumˌlike adj

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gum

(ɡʌm)

n

(Anatomy) the fleshy tissue that covers the jawbones around the bases of the teeth. Technical name: gingiva

[Old English gōma jaw; related to Old Norse gōmr, Middle High German gūme, Lithuanian gomurīs]

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gum

(ɡʌm)

n

used in the mild oath by gum!

[C19: euphemism for God]

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GUM

abbreviation for

(Medicine) genitourinary medicine

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gum¹

(gʌm)

n., v. gummed, gum•ming. n.

1. any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.

2. any of various similar exudations, as resin.

3. a sticky, adhesive preparation of such a plant substance, as for use in the arts or bookbinding.

4. chewing gum.

5. gum tree.

6. the adhesive by which a postage stamp is affixed.

v.t.

7. to smear, stiffen, or stick together with gum.

8. to clog with or as if with a gummy substance.

v.i.

9. to exude or form gum.

10. to become gummy.

11. to become clogged with a gummy substance.

12. gum up, Slang. to spoil or ruin.

[1350–1400; gomme < Old French « Latin gummi, cummi < Greek kómmi < Egyptian kmyt]

gum′less, adj.

gum²

(gʌm)

n., v. gummed, gum•ming. n.

1. Often, gums. Also called gingiva. the firm, fleshy tissue covering the surfaces of the jaws and enveloping the necks of the teeth.

v.t.

2. to masticate with toothless gums.

3. to shape or renew the teeth of (a saw).

[1275–1325; Middle English gome, Old English gōma palate; akin to Old High German guomo, Old Norse gōmr palate]

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gum ¹

(gŭm)

A sticky substance that is produced by certain plants and trees and dries into a brittle solid that dissolves in water.

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gum ²

The firm connective tissue that surrounds and supports the bases of the teeth.

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gum

Past participle: gummed
Gerund: gumming

Imperative

gum

gum

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Gum

Colloquial expression for a beehive. The expression apparently came from an early practice of using sections of a hollow black gum log for a hive.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gum - a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing chewing gum confection, sweet - a food rich in sugar gum ball - a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar bubble gum - a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles chicle, chicle gum - gum-like substance from the sapodilla
	2.	gum - the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth gingiva animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"
	3.	gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying liquidambar, sweet gum - aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino, red gum - reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis balata, gutta balata - when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls ammoniac, gum ammoniac - the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant carrageenan, carrageenin - a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae conima - a gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum dragon's blood - a dark red resinous substance derived from various trees and used in photoengraving euphorbium, gum eurphorbium - an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine exudate, exudation - a substance that oozes out from plant pores frankincense, gum olibanum, olibanum, thus - an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation galbanum, gum albanum - a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida ghatti, ghatti gum - an Indian gum from the dhawa tree; used as a substitute for gum arabic agar-agar, agar - a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods algin, alginic acid - a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier cherry-tree gum - exudation from trees of the Prunus genus; resembles gum arabic chicle, chicle gum - gum-like substance from the sapodilla guar gum - a gum from seeds of the guar plant; used to thicken foods and as sizing for paper and cloth gum acacia, gum arabic - gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals) Bengal kino, butea gum, butea kino, gum butea - dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent gum kino, kino, kino gum - a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning mesquite gum - a gum obtained from mesquite pods; resembles gum arabic mucilage - a gelatinous substance secreted by plants karaya gum, sterculia gum - exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics gutta-percha - a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables lacquer - a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish opopanax - an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines gum sangapenum, sangapenum - a variety of gum tragacanth - a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
	4.	gum - cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive glue, mucilage animal glue - a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses casein glue - made from casein; used for e.g. plywood and cabinetwork fish glue - gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish marine glue - glue that is not water soluble cement - something that hardens to act as adhesive material
	5.	gum - wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum gumwood hazelwood, satin walnut, sweet gum, red gum - reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture gum tree, gum - any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	6.	gum - any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum gum tree liquidambar - any tree of the genus Liquidambar gumwood, gum - wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum eucalypt, eucalyptus tree, eucalyptus - a tree of the genus Eucalyptus tupelo tree, tupelo - any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
Verb	1.	gum - cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you gum the tape it is stronger" apply, put on - apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"
	2.	gum - grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food" mumble chew, manducate, masticate, jaw - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
	3.	gum - become sticky change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	4.	gum - exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring" exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"

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gum

¹

noun

1. glue, adhesive, resin, cement, paste a pound note that had been torn in half and stuck together with gum

verb

1. stick, glue, affix, cement, paste, clog a mild infection in which the baby's eyelashes can become gummed together

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gum

² noun

Related words
technical name gingiva
adjective gingival

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Translations

صِمْغعِلْك، لُبانلُبانلُثَّهمادَّة صمغيَّه

dáseňžvýkačkagumový bonbónlepidloslepit

tyggegummivingummigummegummiklistre

ZahnfleischGummiHarzKaugummikleben

κόμμι

encíagomachiclegoma de mascarpegamento

igekumminätsvaik

ikenetkumi

gencivegommegomme à mâcherboule de gommechewing-gum

žvakaća guma

gómurhlauplímlímatannhold

gengivagommagomma da masticareincollareingommare

粘性ゴム

아교

košļājamā gumijaledenelīmesalīmētsmaganas

gomtandvlees

gummiharpikskvaetannkjøttvingummi

guma

chicletegengivagoma de mascarpastilha elásticaresina

деснажевательная резинкакамедь

ďasnogumený cukrík

lepiložvečilni gumi

tuggummi

หมากฝรั่ง

sakızsakız şekerlemetutkalyapıştırmakzamk

gôm

口香糖树胶粘合胶水软糖

gum

¹ [gʌm] N (Anat) → encía f

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gum

² [gʌm]

A. N (gen) → goma f; (= glue) → goma f, pegamento m, cemento m (LAm) (also chewing gum) → chicle m; (= sweet) → pastilla f de caramelo

B. VT (= stick together) → pegar con goma (also gum down) [+ label, envelope] → pegar

C. CPD gum arabic N → goma f arábiga

gum up VT + ADV (fig) → estropear, paralizar
to gum up the works → meter un palo en la rueda

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gum

³ [gʌm] EXCL by gum! → ¡caramba!

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gum

[ˈgʌm]

n

(part of the mouth) → gencive f

(also chewing-gum) → chewing-gum m

(= glue) → colle f

(= sweet) → boule f de gomme

vt (= stick) → coller

gum up

vt sep → bousiller
to gum up the works → bousiller tout

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gum

:

gumboil

n → Zahnfleischabszess m

gumboot

n → Gummistiefel m

gumdrop

n → Weingummi m

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gum

:

gumshield

n → Zahnschutz m

gumshoe (US)

n

(= overshoe) → Überschuh m, → Galosche f; (= gym shoe) → Turnschuh m

(sl: = detective) → Schnüffler(in) m(f) (inf)

vi (sl: = move stealthily) → schleichen

gumtree

n → Gummibaum m; (Austral) → Eukalyptusbaum m, → Eukalyptus m; to be up a gum (Brit inf) → aufgeschmissen sein (inf)

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gum

¹

n (Anat) → Zahnfleisch nt no pl

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gum

²

n

→ Gummi nt; (= gumtree) → Gummibaum m; (= glue) → Klebstoff m

(= chewing gum) → Kaugummi m; (= sweet) → Weingummi m

(US inf) = gumshoe

vt (= stick together) → kleben; (= spread gum on) → gummieren

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gum

³

n (dated inf) by gum! → Teufel noch mal! (dated sl)

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gum

¹ [gʌm] n (Anat) → gengiva

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gum

² [gʌm]

1. n (glue) → colla (also gum tree) → albero della gomma; (chewing gum) → gomma americana, chewing-gum m inv; (sweet) → caramella gommosa

2. vt (stick together) → incollare, ingommare (also gum down) (label) → attaccare, incollare
gummed label → etichetta adesiva

gum up vt + adv to gum up the works (fam) → mettere il bastone tra le ruote

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gum¹

(gam) noun

(usually in plural) the firm flesh in which the teeth grow. tandvleis لُثَّه венец gengiva dáseň das Zahnfleisch gumme; tandkød ούλοencía ige(med) لثه ien gencive मसूडा़, वर्त्स desni íny gusi tannhold gengiva 歯ぐき 잇몸 dantenos, dantų smegenys smaganas gusi tandvleestannkjøttdziąsło اوری،ژاوله gengiva gingie десна ďasno dlesna desni tandkött เหงือก diş eti 牙齦 ясна مسوڑھا lợi 齿龈

ˈgumboil noun

a painful swelling in the gum. tandvleissweer, abses خُرّاج في اللثَّه подуване на венците abcesso otok dásně das Zahngeschwür tandbyld απόστημα στα ούλα flemón igememädanik آبسه لثه ientulehdus abcès à la gencive דָלֶקֶת בַּחֲנִיכַיִים मसूडा़, फोडा़ apsces na desnima fogínytályog pembengkakan gusi tannkÿli ascesso alle gengive 歯ぐきの潰瘍 치은 농양(膿瘍) fliusas, pūlinis dantenų uždegimas smaganu sastrutojums bisul gusi abces, zwerend tandvlees tannbyll fluksja يو دردناك حالت abcesso abces al gingiei флюс absces na ďasne absces na dlesni otok desni tandböld รำมะนาด dişeti iltihabı 牙齦膿腫 флюс مسوڑھے پر پیدا ہو جانے والا دانہ sưng hoặc viêm lợi 齿龈脓肿

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gum²

(gam) noun

1. a sticky juice got from some trees and plants. gom مادَّة صمغيَّه смола goma smůla der Gummi gummi κόμμιgoma kummi(vaik) صمغ pihka gommeשרף गोंद kaučuk (ragasztó)gumi getah trjákvoða gomma 樹脂 고무 sakai, derva sveķi damar gomkvae, harpiks, gummiżywica خچنی goma răşină камедь živica smola smola gummi ยางไม้ zamk 樹膠 камедь بعض درختوں کی چپچپی ریزش chất gôm 树胶

2. a glue. We can stick these pictures into the book with gum. gom صِمْغ лепило cola lepidlo der Klebstoff lim κόλλαgoma kleepkummi چسب liima colleדבק चिपचिपा पदार्थ ljepilo ragasztó(szer) lem lím colla にかわ 수지(樹脂), 아교 klijai līme gam lijmlim guma arabska سريښ cola lipici клей lepidlo lepilo lepak klister กาว zamk, tutkal 黏膠 клей گوند hồ 胶水

3. a type of sweet. a fruit gum. lekker نوع من الحَلْوى ، أقراص للمَص дъвка caramelo gumový bonbón das Gummi vingummi καραμέλαcola närimiskomm سقز؛ انگم makeinen boule de gommeמסטיק एक तरह की मिठाई karamela gumicukor permen karet hlaup caramella gommosa* ガムドロップ 단맛이 나는 것 ledinukas ledene gula-gula gam gomvingummigalaretka خوږی caramelo jeleu леденец gumený cukrík gumi bonbon žvaka vingummi ลูกกวาด sakız şekerleme 軟糖 льодяник ایک قسم کی مصنوعی مٹھائی kẹo gôm 软糖

4. chewing-gum. He chews gum when he is working. borrelgom عِلْك، لُبان дъвка pastilha elástica žvýkačka der Kaugummi tyggegummi μαστίχαgominola närimiskumm آدامس purukumi gommeמסטיק चेविंग गम guma za žvakanje rágógumi permen karet tyggigúmmí gomma (da masticare)* チューインガム 껌 kramtomoji guma košļājamā gumija gula-gula getah kauwgomtyggegummiguma do żucia ژاوله pastilha elástica gumă de mestecat жевательная резинка žuvačka žvečilni gumi žvakaća guma tuggummi หมากฝรั่ง sakız 口香糖 жувачка چوئنگم kẹo cao su 口香糖

verb – past tense, past participle gummed –

to glue with gum. I'll gum this bit on to the other one. gom, vasplak يُلْصِق залепвам colar slepit kleben klistre κολλώpegar kleepima چسباندن liimata coller לְהַדבִּיק गोंद से चिपकाना zalijepiti (meg)ragaszt merekatkan líma incollare ゴムのりではる 고무(질)를 바르다 priklijuoti, suklijuoti salīmēt lekatkan lijmen klebe fast przykleić سريښول colar a încleia склеивать zlepiť zlepiti prilepiti fästa, klistra fast (upp) ทากาว yapıştırmak, zamklamak (用黏膠)黏合 склеювати گوند سے چپکانا dán （用树胶）粘合

ˈgummy adjective

klewerige, taai صَمْغي، دَبِق، لَزِق лепкав viscoso lepkavý gummiartig, klebrig klæbrig; klistret κολλώδηςpegajoso, viscoso kleepuv صمغ مانند tahmea gommeuxדביק चिपचिपा ljepljiv nyúlós, ragacsos bergetah gúmmíkenndur gommoso 粘着性の 고무질의 lipnus lipīgs lekit kleverigklebrig, gummiaktig, gummi-lepki دكډوروپه شان viscoso cleios клейкий lepkavý smolnat lepljiv gummiliknande, som innehåller gummi เหนียว zamklı, yapışkan 沾黏的，沾滿黏膠的 клейкий; смолистий چپچپا dính 胶粘的

ˈgumminess noun

klewerigheid, taaiheid صَمْغِيَّه، كَوْن الشيء دَبِقاً лепкавост viscosidade lepkavost die Klebrigkeit klæbeevne η ιδιότητα του να είναι κτ. κολλώδες pegajosidad, viscosidad kleepuvus صمغ tahmeus viscosité דְבִיקוּת चिपचिपाहट ljepljivost nyúlósság, ragadósság kekentalan seigja gommosità 粘着性 고무 모양 lipnumas lipīgums kelekitan kleverigheidklebrighetlepkość دكډورو viscosidade vâscozitate клейкость lepkavosť lepljivost lepljivost gummiaktighet ความเหนียว zamklılık, yapışkanlık 沾黏 клейкість; смолистість چپچپاہٹ sự dính 树胶状

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gum

→ لُبان žvýkačka tyggegummi Gummi κόμμι chicle, encía kumi gomme žvakaća guma gomma 粘性ゴム 아교 gom gummi guma chiclete, pastilha elástica жевательная резинка tuggummi หมากฝรั่ง sakız gôm 口香糖

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gum

n. encía. V.: gingiva, goma;

chewing ___ → goma de mascar, pop. chicle.

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gum

n goma; (dent, frec. pl) encía; chewing — chicle m, goma de mascar; to chew — mascar or masticar chicle; vt (food) masticar con las encías (dicho de las personas que no tienen dientes)

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