Gum
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
gum
n 1: a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for
chewing [syn: {chewing gum}, {gum}]
2: the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that
surrounds the bases of the teeth [syn: {gingiva}, {gum}]
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}, {gum}, {mucilage}]
5: wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the
sweet gum [syn: {gumwood}, {gum}]
6: any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar
or Nyssa that are sources of gum [syn: {gum tree}, {gum}]
v 1: cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you
gum the tape it is stronger"
2: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great
difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his
food" [syn: {mumble}, {gum}]
3: become sticky
4: exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
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
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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