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Meaning of gum


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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"


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