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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Gum rash (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum.
        
  
     Gum stick, a smooth hard substance for children to bite
        upon while teething.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gum \Gum\, v. t.
     To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn
     saw). See Gummer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) See Gum tree, below.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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 (Zo["o]l.), 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["a]) 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gum \Gum\, v. i.
     To exude or form gum; to become gummy.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Kauri resin \Kauri resin\, gum \gum\, or copal \copal\
     A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow
     or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It
     is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     Gum rash (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum.
        
  
     Gum stick, a smooth hard substance for children to bite
        upon while teething.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Gum \Gum\, v. t. [imp. &. p. Gummed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Gumming.]
     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.
  
           He frets likke a gummed velvet.Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Gum \Gum\, v. i.
     To exude or from gum; to become gummy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Gum \Gum\, v. t.
     To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn
     saw). See Gummer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     2. (Bot.) See Gum tree, below.
  
     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.]
  
     4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]
  
     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 (Zo["o]l.), 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["a]) growing in the
        Senegal country, West Africa.
  
     Gum tragacanth. See Tragacanth.
  
     Gum tree, the name given to several trees in America and
        Australia:
        (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest
            trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue
            fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the
            large trees become hollow.
        (b) A tree of the genus Eucalyptus. See Eucalpytus.
        (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar
            styraciflua), a large and beautiful tree with
            pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It
            exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.
  
     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.

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 Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gum
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 κόμμι
     2 τσίχλα, μαστίχα
     Αγγλικά vb.
     απλώνω κολλώδη ουσία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gum
     Dutch n.
     An eraser.
     Hausa alt.
     (l ha sùm)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm gumme)
     Polish n.
     (inflection of pl guma  gen p)
     Scots n.
     (l en gum)
     Scots alt.
     mist, vapour, haze
     Scots n.
     mist, vapour, haze
     Sumerian roman.
     (romanization of sux 𒄣 tr=gum)
     Zazaki n.
     (lb zza anatomy) cheek

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Gum
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  GUM
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 3166 1 3 Guam)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  gum
     n.
     (lb en often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
     vb.
     1 To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
     2 (lb en transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the
  teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
     n.
     1 (lb en mostly uncountable) Any of various viscous or sticky
  substances that are exuded by certain plants.
     2 (lb en mostly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance
  resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
     3 (lb en mostly uncountable) chewing gum.
     4 (lb en countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
     5 (lb en South Africa often in the plural) A gummi candy.
     6 (lb en US dialect Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow
  gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
     7 (lb en US dialect Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow
  log.
     8 (lb en US dialect) A rubber overshoe.
     9 A gum tree.
     vb.
     {lb|en|sometimes+with+(m+en+up)" rel="nofollow">1 {lb|en|sometimes with (m en up) To apply an adhesive or gum to;
  to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
     2 To stiffen with glue or gum.
     {lb|en|sometimes+with+(m+en+together)" rel="nofollow">3 {lb|en|sometimes with (m en together) To inelegantly attach into
  a sequence.
     {lb|en|colloquial|with+(m+en+up)" rel="nofollow">4 {lb|en|colloquial|with (m en up) To impair the functioning of a
  thing or process.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Gum
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  GUM
     n.
     (initialism of en genitourinary medicine)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  gum
     Dutch n.
     An eraser.
     Icelandic n.
     boasting, exaggeration
     n.
     (lb en often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
     vb.
     1 To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
     2 (lb en transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the
  teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
     n.
     1 (lb en mostly uncountable) Any of various viscous or sticky
  substances that are exuded by certain plants.
     2 (lb en mostly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance
  resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
     3 (lb en mostly uncountable) chewing gum.
     4 (lb en countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
     5 (lb en South Africa often in the plural) A gummi candy.
     6 (lb en US dialect Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow
  gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
     7 (lb en US dialect Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow
  log.
     8 (lb en US dialect) A rubber overshoe.
     9 A gum tree.
     vb.
     {lb|en|sometimes+with+(m+en+up)" rel="nofollow">1 {lb|en|sometimes with (m en up) To apply an adhesive or gum to;
  to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
     2 To stiffen with glue or gum.
     {lb|en|sometimes+with+(m+en+together)" rel="nofollow">3 {lb|en|sometimes with (m en together) To inelegantly attach into
  a sequence.
     {lb|en|colloquial|with+(m+en+up)" rel="nofollow">4 {lb|en|colloquial|with (m en up) To impair the functioning of a
  thing or process.
     Scottish Gaelic alt.
     that#Conjunction
     Scottish Gaelic conj.
     that#Conjunction

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Gum
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  GUM
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 3166 1 3 Guam)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  gum
     Dutch n.
     An eraser.
     Icelandic n.
     boasting, exaggeration
     n.
     (lb en often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
     vb.
     1 To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
     2 (lb en transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the
  teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
     n.
     1 (lb en mostly uncountable) Any of various viscous or sticky
  substances that are exuded by certain plants.
     2 (lb en mostly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance
  resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
     3 (lb en mostly uncountable) chewing gum.
     4 (lb en countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
     5 (lb en South Africa often in the plural) A gummi candy.
     6 (lb en US dialect Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow
  gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
     7 (lb en US dialect Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow
  log.
     8 (lb en US dialect) A rubber overshoe.
     9 A gum tree.
     vb.
     {lb|en|sometimes+with+(m+en+up)" rel="nofollow">1 {lb|en|sometimes with (m en up) To apply an adhesive or gum to;
  to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
     2 To stiffen with glue or gum.
     {lb|en|sometimes+with+(m+en+together)" rel="nofollow">3 {lb|en|sometimes with (m en together) To inelegantly attach into
  a sequence.
     {lb|en|colloquial|with+(m+en+up)" rel="nofollow">4 {lb|en|colloquial|with (m en up) To impair the functioning of a
  thing or process.
     Scottish Gaelic alt.
     that#Conjunction
     Scottish Gaelic conj.
     that#Conjunction

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Gum
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  GUM
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 3166 1 3 Guam)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gum
     Englanti n.
     1 ien
     2 (ei-mon) purukumi
     3 (yhteys filatelia k=en) postimerkin liima

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  GUM
     n.
     tavaratalo Moskovan Punainen tori varrella

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]


  GUM
     n.
     tavaratalo Moskovan Punainen tori varrella

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gum
     Engelska n.
     1 gummi
     2 tuggummi
     3 (tagg anatomi språk=en) tandkött, vävnad runt tänderna
     Engelska vb.
     gummera, förse med gummi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  GUM
     Engelska abbr.
     ''förkortning för genitourinary medicine''

From Sorani-Kurmanji Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:ckb-kmr ]


  gum
  wenda, hinda, berze, rêwenda, nediyar

From Sorani-Kurmanji Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:ckb-kmr ]


  gum
  jidestdayî, wendakirî

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Gum /ɡˈʌm/
  اللثة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  gum //ɡʌm// 
  1. вене́ц
  flesh around teeth
  2. дъвка
  single piece of chewing gum
  3. клей, смола
  sticky substance exuded by certain plants