GUM
/ɡʌm/ ► audio Scrabble 6 Words With Friends 9
Definition
- verb cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum.
- verb grind with the gums.
— synonyms: mumble
- verb become sticky.
- verb exude or form gum.
- noun a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
— synonyms: chewing_gum
- noun the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth.
— synonyms: gingiva
- noun any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants.
- noun cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive.
— synonyms: glue, mucilage
- noun wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum.
— synonyms: gumwood
- noun any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum.
— synonyms: gum_tree
Examples
- “Do you have a gum to spare?”
- “That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.”
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