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gum ¹  (gm)

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 of the genera Eucalyptus, Liquidambar, or Nyssa 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 or as if 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 mj-t.]

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gum ¹

Noun

1. a sticky substance obtained from certain plants, which hardens on exposure to air and dissolves in water

2. a substance used for sticking things together

3. short for chewing gum or bubble gum

4. Chiefly Brit a gumdrop

Verb

[gumming, gummed]

to stick with gum

See also gum up [Old French gomme]

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gum ²

Noun

the fleshy tissue that covers the bases of the teeth [Old English gōma jaw]

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gum ¹  (gm)

Any of various sticky substances that are produced by certain plants and trees and dry into brittle solids soluble in water. Gums typically are colloidal mixtures of polysaccharides and mineral salts.

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gum ²  (gm)

See gingiva.

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

noun 1. glue, adhesive, resin, cement, paste

verb 2. stick, glue, affix, cement, paste, clog

Translations

gum [gʌm] n (ANAT) → encía (= glue); goma, cemento (LAM);

(sweet) → gominola;

(also: chewing-gum) → chicle m

vt → pegar con goma

gum up vt to gum up the works (col) → entorpecerlo todo

gum [gʌm] n (Anat) → gencive f (= glue); colle f (= sweet); boule f de gomme;

(also: chewing-gum) → chewing-gum m

vt → coller

gum up vt to gum up the works (inf) → bousiller tout

gum [gʌm] n (Anat) → Zahnfleisch nt;

(glue) → Klebstoff m;

(also: gumdrop) → Weingummi nt;

(also: chewing-gum) → Kaugummi m

vt to gum (together) → (zusammen)kleben

gum up gum vt to gum up the works (inf) → alles vermasseln

gum [gʌm] n (ANAT) → gengiva (= glue); colla;

(sweet) → gelatina di frutta;

(also: chewing-gum) → chewing-gum m

vt → incollare

gum up vt to gum up the works (col) → mettere il bastone tra le ruote

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gum¹

n gum [gam]

(usually in plural) the firm flesh in which the teeth grow. tandvleisلُثَّهвенецdáseňgumme; tandkøddas Zahnfleischούλοencíaige(med)لثهiengencive(s)मसूडा़, वर्त्सdesniínygusitannholdgengiva歯ぐき잇몸[]dantenos, dantų smegenyssmaganasgusitandvleestannkjøttdziąsłogengivagingieдеснаďasnodlesnadesnitandköttเหงือกdiş eti齒齦яснаمسوڑھاlợi齿龈

n ˈgumboil

a painful swelling in the gum. tandvleissweer, absesخُرّاج في اللثَّهподуване на венцитеotok dásnětandbylddas Zahngeschwürαπόστημα στα ούλαflemónigememädanikآبسه لثهienajosabcès à la genciveדָלֶקֶת בַּחֲנִיכַיִיםमसूडा़, फोडा़apsces na desnimafogínytályogpembengkakan gusitannkÿliascesso alle gengive歯ぐきの潰瘍치은 농양fliusas, pūlinis dantenų uždegimassmaganu sastrutojumsbisul gusiabces, zwerend tandvleestannbyllfluksjaabcessoabces al gingieiфлюсabsces na ďasneabsces na dlesniotok desnitandböldรำมะนาดdişeti iltihabı齒齦膿腫флюсمسوڑھے پر پیدا ہو جانے والا دانہsưng hoặc viêm lợi齿龈脓肿