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   gum

   /ɡʌm/

   noun

   • 1. a viscous secretion of some trees and shrubs that hardens on drying but is soluble in water, and from which adhesives and other products are made.
   • ▪ glue that is used for sticking paper or other light materials together.
   • ▪ a sticky secretion collecting in the corner of the eye.
   • 2. short for chewing gum or bubblegum
   • 3. a gum tree, especially a eucalyptus.
   • 4. short for kauri gum New Zealand
   • 5. another term for gumboot dated North American

   verb

   • 1. cover with gum or glue: "we gummed the photos on to our papers"
   • ▪ fasten with gum or glue: "the receipts are gummed into a special book"
   • ▪ clog up a mechanism and prevent it from working properly: "open and close the valves to make sure they don't get gummed up"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French gomme, based on Latin gummi, from Greek kommi, from Egyptian kemai.

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   What does gum mean?

   • Learn a new word every day. Delivered to your inbox! The meaning of GUM is the tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar parts of the jaws; broadly : the alveolar portion of a jaw with its enveloping soft tissues.

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   Where does gum come from?

   • Gum is a sticky substance which comes from the eucalyptus tree or from various other trees and shrubs. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What is the difference between chewing gum and natural gum?

   • Gum is a sticky substance that oozes out of a tree or another plant, and chewing gum is the stuff you blow bubbles with or stick under your desk. Yuck. Natural gum has many uses, including as a thickener in food products. Chewing gum, however, has only one real use: it's made to be chewed but not swallowed.

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   What is gum disease?

   • ...gum disease. Gum is a type of glue that is used to stick two pieces of paper together. He was holding up a pound note that had been torn in half and stuck together with gum. ...gummed labels. If two things are gummed together, they are stuck together. It is a mild infection in which a baby's eyelashes can become gummed together.

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   What is chewing gum used for?

   • At the time, the chewing gum industry and timber were the most important sources of state revenue. However, he finds another use for it : chewing gum. Alveolar abscesses are formed by infection that sets in below the gum line. When they are teething, a drop of whiskey on their gums.

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   What does gum mean in a sentence?

   • Delivered to your inbox! The meaning of GUM is the tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar parts of the jaws; broadly : the alveolar portion of a jaw with its enveloping soft tissues. How to use gum in a sentence.

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   noun. any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water. any of various similar exudations, as resin. a preparation of such a substance, as for use in the arts or bookbinding. chewing gum. mucilage; glue. rubber 1 ( def 1 ). gum tree.

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