Gumming

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}]