Gum
[gʌm] or [ɡʌm]
Definition
(noun.) any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying.
(verb.) exude or form gum; 'these trees gum in the Spring'.
(verb.) become sticky.
(verb.) cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; 'if you gum the tape it is stronger'.
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Definition
(n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
(v. t.) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
(n.) 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.
(n.) See Gum tree, below.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A rubber overshoe.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
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Definition
n. a substance which exudes from certain trees and plants and hardens on the surface including those containing arabin bassorin and gum-resins.—v.t. to smear or unite with gum:—pr.p. gum′ming; pa.p. gummed.—ns. Gum′-ar′abic a gum obtained from various species of acacia; Gum′-drag′on tragacanth; Gum′-elas′tic india-rubber or caoutchouc; Gum′-ju′niper sandarac.—adj. Gummif′erous producing gum.—ns. Gum′miness; Gum′ming act of fastening with gum esp. the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone: a disease marked by a discharge of gum affecting stone-fruit; Gummos′ity gumminess.—adjs. Gum′mous Gum′my consisting of or resembling gum: producing or covered with gum.—ns. Gum′-rash red-gum; Gum′-res′in a vegetable secretion formed of resin mixed with more or less gum or mucilage; Gum′-tree a name applied to various American and Australian trees; Chew′ing-gum (see Chew).
n. the firm fleshy tissue which surrounds the teeth: (slang) insolence.—n. Gum′boil a boil or small abscess on the gum.
Editor: Rufus
Unserious Contents or Definition
A substance for sticking.
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Examples
- Add to the solution 7 parts of pure soda, 5 of gum Arabic, and 12 of water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The same girl who feeds the gum into the wrapping machine closes the lids of the boxes and places them on a packing table by her side. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Machines have also been invented which stamp out little nuggets of gum. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The following is a good one: Make a paste of gum tragacanth and add a little oil of wintergreen. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He also claimed the incorporation of lime with the gum to bleach it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The original chewing gum was spruce gum, the exudation of the cut branches of the spruce or fir tree. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The chewing gum wrapping machine is considered by machinery builders to be one of the most ingenious automatic manufacturing machines in use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Grind the drugs to a moderately fine powder and mix them with the oils and gums. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Mouth washes are a valuable addition to the toilet as they assist to harden and heal the gums, cleanse the mouth and purify the breath. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Discontinue when gums get sore and resume again when soreness is gone. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Cleansing the teeth consists in removing every particle of foreign matter from around the teeth and gums. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Grind the drugs to a moderately fine powder, and mix with the oils and gums. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- And the flap has been gummed, if I am not very much in error, by a person who had been chewing tobacco. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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