What is "gum" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does gum mean in English? Meaning of gum definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "gum" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "gum": a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

Noun

  • Meaning: a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
  • Synonyms: chewing gum gum
  • Hyponyms: bubble gum gum ball
  • Hypernyms: confection sweet
  • Substance Holonyms: chicle chicle gum
  • Meaning of "gum": cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum

    Verb

  • Meaning: cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
  • Example: if you gum the tape it is stronger
  • Synonyms: gum
  • Hypernyms: apply put on
  • Meaning of "gum": the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth

    Noun

  • Meaning: the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
  • Synonyms: gingiva gum
  • Hypernyms: animal tissue
  • Meaning of "gum": grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty

    Verb

  • Meaning: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
  • Example: the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food
  • Synonyms: gum mumble
  • Hypernyms: chew jaw manducate masticate
  • Meaning of "gum": any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying

    Noun

  • Meaning: any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
  • Synonyms: gum
  • Hyponyms: agar agar-agar algin alginic acid ammoniac balata bengal kino butea gum butea kino carrageenan carrageenin cherry-tree gum chicle chicle gum conima dragon's blood eucalyptus gum eucalyptus kino euphorbium frankincense galbanum ghatti ghatti gum guar gum gum acacia gum albanum gum ammoniac gum arabic gum butea gum eurphorbium gum kino gum olibanum gum sangapenum gutta balata gutta-percha karaya gum kino kino gum lacquer liquidambar mesquite gum mucilage olibanum opopanax red gum sangapenum sterculia gum sweet gum thus tragacanth
  • Hypernyms: exudate exudation
  • Meaning of "gum": become sticky

    Verb

  • Meaning: become sticky
  • Synonyms: gum
  • Hypernyms: change
  • Meaning of "gum": cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

    Noun

  • Meaning: cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
  • Synonyms: glue gum mucilage
  • Hyponyms: animal glue casein glue fish glue marine glue
  • Hypernyms: cement
  • Meaning of "gum": exude or form gum

    Verb

  • Meaning: exude or form gum
  • Example: these trees gum in the Spring
  • Synonyms: gum
  • Hypernyms: exudate exude ooze ooze out transude
  • Meaning of "gum": wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum

    Noun

  • Meaning: wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
  • Synonyms: gum gumwood
  • Hyponyms: hazelwood red gum satin walnut sweet gum
  • Hypernyms: wood
  • Meaning of "gum": any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

    Noun

  • Meaning: any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
  • Synonyms: gum gum tree
  • Hyponyms: eucalypt eucalyptus eucalyptus tree liquidambar tupelo tupelo tree
  • Hypernyms: tree
  • Substance Holonyms: gum gumwood
  • Synonyms:

    paste, wax, amber, adhesive, plaster, cement, pitch, glue, mucilage, tar, rosin, exudate, resin, cohesive substance,

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