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gum   (TTS Sound)

The noun gum has 6 senses

• chewing gum, gum -- (a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing)


• gingiva, gum -- (the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth)


• gum -- (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)


• glue, gum, mucilage -- (cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive)


• gumwood, gum -- (wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum)


• gum tree, gum -- (any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum)

The verb gum has 4 senses

• gum -- (cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you gum the tape it is stronger")


• mumble, gum -- (grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food")


• gum -- (become sticky)


• gum -- (exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring")