gum

gums gummed gumming
Noun
1. a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
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2. the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
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3. any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
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4. cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
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5. wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
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6. any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
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Verb
1. grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
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2. exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"
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