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gum 1
(gŭm)n.
1.
a. Any of various viscous substances that are exuded by certain plants and trees and dry into water-soluble, noncrystalline, brittle solids.
b. A similar plant exudate, such as a resin.
c. Any of various adhesives made from such exudates or other sticky substance.
2. A substance resembling the viscous substance exuded by certain plants, as in stickiness.
3.
a. Any of various trees, especially of the genera Eucalyptus and Liquidambar, that are sources of gum. Also called gum tree.
b. The wood of such a tree; gumwood.
4. Chewing gum.
v. gummed, gum·ming, gums
v.tr.
To cover, smear, seal, fill, or fix in place with gum.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To exude or form gum.
2. To become sticky or clogged.
gum up
To ruin or bungle: gum up the works.
[Middle English gomme, from Old French, from Late Latin gumma, variant of Latin gummi, cummi, from Greek kommi, perhaps from Egyptian ḳmj-t.]
gum 2
(gŭm)n.
The firm connective tissue covered by mucous membrane that envelops the alveolar arches of the jaw and surrounds the bases of the teeth. Also called gingiva.
tr.v. gummed, gum·ming, gums
To chew (food) with toothless gums.
[Middle English gome, from Old English gōma, palate, jaw.]
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gum
(ɡʌm)n
1. (Plants) any of various sticky substances that exude from certain plants, hardening on exposure to air and dissolving or forming viscous masses in water
2. (Plants) any of various products, such as adhesives, that are made from such exudates
3. (Chemistry) any sticky substance used as an adhesive; mucilage; glue
4. (Plants) NZ short for kauri gum
6. (Cookery) chiefly Brit a gumdrop
vb, gums, gumming or gummed
7. to cover or become covered, clogged, or stiffened with or as if with gum
8. (tr) to stick together or in place with gum
9. (intr) to emit or form gum
[C14: from Old French gomme, from Latin gummi, from Greek kommi, from Egyptian kemai]
ˈgumless adj
ˈgumˌlike adj
gum
(ɡʌm)n
(Anatomy) the fleshy tissue that covers the jawbones around the bases of the teeth. Technical name: gingiva
[Old English gōma jaw; related to Old Norse gōmr, Middle High German gūme, Lithuanian gomurīs]
gum
(ɡʌm)n
used in the mild oath by gum!
[C19: euphemism for God]
GUM
abbreviation for
(Medicine) genitourinary medicine
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gum1
(gʌm)n., v. gummed, gum•ming. n.
1. any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
2. any of various similar exudations, as resin.
3. a sticky, adhesive preparation of such a plant substance, as for use in the arts or bookbinding.
4. chewing gum.
5. gum tree.
6. the adhesive by which a postage stamp is affixed.
v.t. 7. to smear, stiffen, or stick together with gum.
8. to clog with or as if with a gummy substance.
v.i. 9. to exude or form gum.
10. to become gummy.
11. to become clogged with a gummy substance.
12. gum up, Slang. to spoil or ruin.
[1350–1400; gomme < Old French « Latin gummi, cummi < Greek kómmi < Egyptian kmyt]
gum′less, adj.
gum2
(gʌm)n., v. gummed, gum•ming. n.
1. Often, gums. Also called gingiva. the firm, fleshy tissue covering the surfaces of the jaws and enveloping the necks of the teeth.
v.t. 2. to masticate with toothless gums.
3. to shape or renew the teeth of (a saw).
[1275–1325; Middle English gome, Old English gōma palate; akin to Old High German guomo, Old Norse gōmr palate]
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gum 1
(gŭm) A sticky substance that is produced by certain plants and trees and dries into a brittle solid that dissolves in water.
gum 2
The firm connective tissue that surrounds and supports the bases of the teeth.
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gum
Past participle: gummed
Gerund: gumming
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Gum
Colloquial expression for a beehive. The expression apparently came from an early practice of using sections of a hollow black gum log for a hive.
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| Noun | 1. |  gum - a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewingconfection, sweet - a food rich in sugar gum ball - a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar bubble gum - a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles chicle, chicle gum - gum-like substance from the sapodilla |
| 2. |  gum - the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teethanimal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" | |
| 3. | gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying liquidambar, sweet gum - aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino, red gum - reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis balata, gutta balata - when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls ammoniac, gum ammoniac - the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant carrageenan, carrageenin - a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae conima - a gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum dragon's blood - a dark red resinous substance derived from various trees and used in photoengraving euphorbium, gum eurphorbium - an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine frankincense, gum olibanum, olibanum, thus - an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation galbanum, gum albanum - a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida ghatti, ghatti gum - an Indian gum from the dhawa tree; used as a substitute for gum arabic agar-agar, agar - a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods algin, alginic acid - a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier cherry-tree gum - exudation from trees of the Prunus genus; resembles gum arabic chicle, chicle gum - gum-like substance from the sapodilla guar gum - a gum from seeds of the guar plant; used to thicken foods and as sizing for paper and cloth gum acacia, gum arabic - gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals) gum kino, kino, kino gum - a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning mesquite gum - a gum obtained from mesquite pods; resembles gum arabic mucilage - a gelatinous substance secreted by plants karaya gum, sterculia gum - exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics gutta-percha - a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables lacquer - a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish opopanax - an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines gum sangapenum, sangapenum - a variety of gum tragacanth - a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing | |
| 4. |  gum - cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesiveanimal glue - a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses casein glue - made from casein; used for e.g. plywood and cabinetwork fish glue - gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish marine glue - glue that is not water soluble cement - something that hardens to act as adhesive material | |
| 5. | gum - wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum hazelwood, satin walnut, sweet gum, red gum - reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture gum tree, gum - any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees | |
| 6. |  gum - any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gumliquidambar - any tree of the genus Liquidambar tupelo tree, tupelo - any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | |
| Verb | 1. | gum - cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you gum the tape it is stronger" |
| 2. | gum - grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food" | |
| 3. | gum - become sticky change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | |
| 4. | gum - exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring" |
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gum
1noun
verb
gum
2 nounCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
صِمْغعِلْك، لُبانلُبانلُثَّهمادَّة صمغيَّه
dáseňžvýkačkagumový bonbónlepidloslepit
tyggegummivingummigummegummiklistre
igekumminätsvaik
ikenetkumi
žvakaća guma
gómurhlauplímlímatannhold
粘性ゴム
아교
košļājamā gumijaledenelīmesalīmētsmaganas
ďasnogumený cukrík
lepiložvečilni gumi
tuggummi
หมากฝรั่ง
gôm
gum
1 [gʌm] N (Anat) → encía fgum
2 [gʌm]A. N (gen) → goma f; (= glue) → goma f, pegamento m, cemento m (LAm) (also chewing gum) → chicle m; (= sweet) → pastilla f de caramelo
gum
3 [gʌm] EXCL by gum! → ¡caramba!Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
gum
:gumboil
n → Zahnfleischabszess m
gumboot
n → Gummistiefel m
gumdrop
n → Weingummi m
gum
:gumshield
n → Zahnschutz m
gumshoe (US)
n
(sl: = detective) → Schnüffler(in) m(f) (inf)
vi (sl: = move stealthily) → schleichen
gumtree
n → Gummibaum m; (Austral) → Eukalyptusbaum m, → Eukalyptus m; to be up a gum (Brit inf) → aufgeschmissen sein (inf)
gum
1n (Anat) → Zahnfleisch nt no pl
gum
2n
(US inf) = gumshoe
gum
3n (dated inf) by gum! → Teufel noch mal! (dated sl)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
gum
1 [gʌm] n (Anat) → gengivagum
2 [gʌm]1. n (glue) → colla (also gum tree) → albero della gomma; (chewing gum) → gomma americana, chewing-gum m inv; (sweet) → caramella gommosa
2. vt (stick together) → incollare, ingommare (also gum down) (label) → attaccare, incollare
gummed label → etichetta adesiva
gummed label → etichetta adesiva
gum up vt + adv to gum up the works (fam) → mettere il bastone tra le ruote
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
gum1
(gam) noun (usually in plural) the firm flesh in which the teeth grow.
ˈgumboil noun a painful swelling in the gum.
gum2
(gam) noun1. a sticky juice got from some trees and plants.
2. a glue. We can stick these pictures into the book with gum.
3. a type of sweet. a fruit gum.
4. chewing-gum. He chews gum when he is working.
verb – past tense, past participle gummed – to glue with gum. I'll gum this bit on to the other one.
ˈgummy adjectiveˈgumminess noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
gum
→ لُبان žvýkačka tyggegummi Gummi κόμμι chicle, encía kumi gomme žvakaća guma gomma 粘性ゴム 아교 gom gummi guma chiclete, pastilha elástica жевательная резинка tuggummi หมากฝรั่ง sakız gôm 口香糖Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
gum
n goma; (dent, frec. pl) encía; chewing — chicle m, goma de mascar; to chew — mascar or masticar chicle; vt (food) masticar con las encías (dicho de las personas que no tienen dientes)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.