gum 1 (g m)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. Phrasal Verb: 1. To exude or form gum. 2. To become sticky or clogged. gum up To ruin or bungle: gum up the works. [Middle English gomme, from Old French, from Late Latin gumma, variant of Latin gummi, cummi, from Greek kommi, perhaps from Egyptian  mj-t.] |
| gum 2 (gm) 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. [Middle English gome, from Old English g  ma, palate, jaw.] |
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]
gum 2
Noun
the fleshy tissue that covers the bases of the teeth [Old English gōma jaw]
| 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. |
| gum 2 (gm) See gingiva. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  gum - a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewingconfection, 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 teethanimal 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 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) 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 adhesiveanimal 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 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 gumliquidambar - any tree of the genus Liquidambar 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" |
| 2. | gum - 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 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" |
gum
Translations
gum [gʌm] n (ANAT) → encía (= glue); goma, cemento (LAM);
(sweet) → gominola;
(also: chewing-gum) → chicle m
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 [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
n gum [gam]
(usually in plural) the firm flesh in which the teeth grow. tandvleis لُثَّه венец dáseň gumme; tandkød das Zahnfleisch ούλο encía ige(med) لثه ien gencive(s) मसूडा़, वर्त्स desni íny gusi tannhold gengiva 歯ぐき 잇몸[] dantenos, dantų smegenys smaganas gusi tandvlees tannkjøtt dziąsło gengiva gingie десна ďasno dlesna desni tandkött เหงือก diş eti 齒齦 ясна مسوڑھا lợi 齿龈
n gumboil
a painful swelling in the gum. tandvleissweer, abses خُرّاج في اللثَّه подуване на венците otok dásně tandbyld das Zahngeschwür απόστημα στα ούλα flemón igememädanik آبسه لثه ienajos à la abcès gencive דָלֶקֶת בַּחֲנִיכַיִים मसूडा़, फोडा़ apsces na desnima fogínytályog pembengkakan gusi tannkÿli ascesso alle gengive 歯ぐきの潰瘍 치은 농양 fliusas, pūlinis dantenų uždegimas smaganu sastrutojums bisul gusi abces, zwerend tandvlees tannbyll fluksja abcesso abces al gingiei флюс absces na ďasne absces na dlesni otok desni tandböld รำมะนาด dişeti iltihabı 齒齦膿腫 флюс مسوڑھے پر پیدا ہو جانے والا دانہ sưng hoặc viêm lợi 齿龈脓肿
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