Gum Meaning

There are 10 meaning(s) for word Gum

Meaning 1 : wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum

    Synonyms : gumwood
Meaning 2 : grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty

    Synonyms : mumble
Meaning 3 : any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

    Synonyms : gum tree
Meaning 4 : a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

    Synonyms : chewing gum
Meaning 5 : the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth

    Synonyms : gingiva
Meaning 6 : cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

    Synonyms : glue,  mucilage
Meaning 7 : any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying

Meaning 8 : become sticky

Meaning 9 : cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum

    Example : if you gum the tape it is stronger

Meaning 10 : exude or form gum

    Example : these trees gum in the Spring

How to Pronounce Gum

  • ɡəm


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