gum


Definition: Meaning of, gum in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɡʌm /

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gum gums
  1. [countable usually plural] your gums are the two areas of firm pink flesh at the top and bottom of your mouth, in which your teeth are fixed
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  2. [uncountable] CHEWING GUM
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  3. [uncountable] British English a type of glue used to stick light things such as paper together
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  4. [uncountable] a sticky substance found in the stems of some trees
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  5. [countable] a GUM TREE
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  6. by gum! spoken old-fashioned used to express surprise
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
gum gummed gummed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
gumming gums
[transitive always + adverb/preposition]
  1. British English old-fashioned to stick things together using glue [=  glue]
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gum used in phrases

  • American sweet gum (noun)
    1. a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
  • Senegal gum (noun)
    1. gum arabic from the vicinity of the Senegal river
  • Sonora gum (noun)
    1. acidulous gum resin of the creosote bush
  • accroides gum (noun)
    1. an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper
  • black gum (noun)
    1. columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant colour in early fall
    2. a small mallee with rough dark-coloured bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum
  • blue gum (noun)
    1. tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish
  • bubble gum (noun)
    1. a type of CHEWING GUM that you can blow into a bubble
  • bubble gum dermatitis (noun)
    1. an allergic contact dermatitis developed around the lips of children who chew bubble gum
  • butea gum (noun)
    1. dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent
  • by gum
    1. used for emphasis or to indicate slight surprise
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gum used in phrasal verbs

  • gum up (phrasal verb)
    1. to cause things to be stuck together or covered in a sticky substance so that they no longer work smoothly
    2. gum up the works to stop a process from working smoothly
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