gum
noun
1. a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
Definition categories: food, confection, sweet
2. the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
Similar word(s): gingiva
Definition categories: body
3. any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
Definition categories: substance, exudate, exudation
4. cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
Similar word(s): glue, mucilage
Definition categories: substance, cement
5. wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
Similar word(s): gumwood
Definition categories: plant, wood
6. any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
Definition categories: plant, tree
Sentences with gum as a noun:
- Do you have a gum to spare?
verb
1. cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
- if you gum the tape it is stronger
Definition categories: contact, apply
2. grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
Similar word(s): mumble
Definition categories: consumption, chew, jaw, manducate, masticate
3. become sticky
Definition categories: change
4. exude or form gum
- these trees gum in the Spring
Definition categories: body, exudate, exude, ooze, transude
Sentences with gum as a verb:
- That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.
- The new editor can gum up your article with too many commas.