Gum

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen,
     OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g?mr, Sw. gom; cf. Gr. ? to gape.]
     The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the
     adjacent parts of the jaws.
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     {Gum rash} (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum.
        
  
     {Gum stick}, a smooth hard substance for children to bite
        upon while teething.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gum \Gum\, v. t.
     To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn
     saw). See {Gummer}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,
     fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It.
     {gomma}.]
     1. 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.
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     2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}.
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     3. 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. [Southern U. S.]
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     4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]
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     {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under
        {Black}, {Blue}, etc.
  
     {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass
        tree ({Xanlhorrh[oe]a}).
  
     {Gum animal} (Zool.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called
        because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}.
  
     {Gum animi or anim['e]}. See {Anim['e]}.
  
     {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of
        {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in
        Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}.
        East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange
        family which bears the elephant apple.
  
     {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea
        frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning
        and in precipitating indigo.
  
     {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus
        ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.
  
     {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}.
  
     {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}.
  
     {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}.
  
     {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}.
  
     {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}.
  
     {Gum lac}. See {Lac}.
  
     {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental
        species of Cistus or rock rose.
  
     {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the
        parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[ae]},
        {Cactace[ae]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum.
  
     {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and
        mixing other ingredients.
  
     {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by
        exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures
        of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin
        containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.
  
     {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}.
  
     {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees
        ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[aum]}) growing in the
        Senegal country, West Africa.
  
     {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}.
  
     {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.
        
  
     {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the
        {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gum \Gum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gummed} (g[u^]md); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Gumming}.]
     1. 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.
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              He frets like a gummed velvet.        --Shak.
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     2. To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth.
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     {gum up}
        (a) To block or clog (a conduit) with or as if with gum;
            as, to gum up the drainpipe.
        (b) to interfere with; to spoil. [Slang]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gum \Gum\, v. i.
     To exude or form gum; to become gummy.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  86 Moby Thesaurus words for "gum":
     Lastex, acaroid resins, agglutinate, alveolar ridge, amber, baleen,
     battledore, bind, bite, bollix, braze, bridgework, bubble gum,
     cement, champ, chaw, chew, chew the cud, chew up, chewing gum,
     chicle, chicle gum, chomp, colophony, coumarone resins, crab,
     cramp, crimp, dental bridge, dentition, denture, elastic,
     elastomer, false teeth, fossil resins, foul up, fuse, glue, gnash,
     gnaw, grind, gum elastic, gum rosin, gum up, gums, handball,
     ivories, jumping jack, lac resins, louse up, masticate, mouth,
     mumble, munch, nibble, paste, periodontal tissue, pine resins,
     plastic, plate, queer, racket, resin, resina, resinate, resinoid,
     rosin, rubber, rubber ball, rubber band, ruminate, set of teeth,
     snafu, solder, spandex, spring, springboard, stick together,
     stretch fabric, synthetic resin, teeth, trampoline,
     uppers and lowers, vegetable resins, weld, whalebone