gum

What does gum mean?

• noun

  wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum

• verb

  exude or form gum

• verb

  grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty

• noun

  any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

• noun

  a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

• noun

  the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth

• noun

  cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

• noun

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

• verb

  become sticky

• verb

  cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum

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