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What (who) is Gum - definition
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GUM; Gum (disambiguation); Gums (disambiguation)
gum
n.
1) to chew gum
2) bubble; chewing gum
3) a stick of gum
gum
gum1
¦ noun
1. a viscous secretion of some trees and shrubs that hardens on drying but is soluble in water.
a sticky secretion collecting in the corner of the eye.
2. glue used for sticking paper or other light materials together.
3. chewing gum or bubble gum.
4. a gum tree, especially a eucalyptus.
5. North American term for gumboot.
¦ verb (gums, gumming, gummed) cover or fasten with gum or glue.
?(gum something up) clog up a mechanism and prevent it from working properly.
Origin
ME: from OFr. gomme, based on L. gummi, from Gk kommi, from Egyptian kemai.
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gum2
¦ noun the firm area of flesh around the roots of the teeth in the jaw.
¦ verb (gums, gumming, gummed) N. Amer. chew with toothless gums.
Origin
OE goma 'inside of the mouth or throat', of Gmc origin.
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gum3
¦ noun (in phr. by gum!) chiefly N. English an exclamation used for emphasis.
Origin
C19: euphemistic alt. of God.
Gum
·noun A rubber overshoe.
II. Gum ·noun ·see Gum tree, below.
III. Gum ·vi To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
IV. Gum ·noun The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
V. Gum ·vt To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). ·see Gummer.
VI. Gum ·noun A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.
VII. Gum ·vt 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.
VIII. Gum ·noun 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.
Examples of use of Gum
1. Gum Arabic is a gum exuded by various African trees of the genus Acacia.
2. The recipe for success for the gum will be to make the new gum taste and feel exactly like the old one.
3. Some of the tires had a gum strip about half the width of the 0.6 millimeter gum strip Foreign Tire Sales expected, the importer said.
4. The keypads are barely the size of a gum wrapper.
5. Gum–chewing, while unsightly, is not bad for you.