gum

Meanings

Noun

• a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
• the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
• any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
• cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
• wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
• any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

Verb

• cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
  • "if you gum the tape it is stronger"
• grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
• become sticky
• exude or form gum
  • "these trees gum in the Spring"

Synonyms

chewing gum, gingiva, glue, gum tree, gumwood, mucilage, mumble