4 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] He frets like a gummed velvet. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth. [PJC] {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] [PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: gumming See {gum} 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: gumming n : ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) [syn: {mumbling}]
Powered by Blog Dictionary [BlogDict]
Kindly supported by
Vaffle Invitation Code
Get a Freelance Job - Outsource Your Projects | Threadless Coupon
All rights
reserved. (2008-2024)