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gum

(g/@/m )

a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing(noun.food)

Synonym:
chewing gum

source: wordnet30
the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth(noun.body)

Synonym:
gingiva

source: wordnet30
any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying(noun.substance)

source: wordnet30
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive(noun.substance)

Synonym:
glue, mucilage

source: wordnet30
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum(noun.plant)

Synonym:
gumwood

source: wordnet30
any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum(noun.plant)

Synonym:
gum tree

source: wordnet30
The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.(noun)

source: webster1913
A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.(noun)

source: webster1913

cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum(verb.contact)

Example:
If you gum the tape it is stronger.

source: wordnet30
grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty(verb.consumption)

Synonym:
mumble

source: wordnet30
become sticky(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
exude or form gum(verb.body)

Example:
These trees gum in the Spring.

source: wordnet30
To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.(verb)

source: webster1913
To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.(verb)

source: webster1913
To exude or from gum; to become gummy.(verb)

source: webster1913