French Meaning of gum
Chewing-gum
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Definitions and Meaning of gum in English
gum (n)
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
gum (v)
cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
become sticky
exude or form gum
gum (n.)
The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
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.
See tree, below.
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.
A rubber overshoe.
gum (v. t.)
To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
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.
gum (v. i.)
To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
gum ()
Alt. of copal
FAQs About the word gum
Chewing-gum
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing, the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth, any of
drogue,époxy,bave,mucilage,coller,verre d'eau,Adhésif,ciment,Résine époxy,Colle
flux,fusible,liquéfier,fondre,dégel,déliquescence,liquéfier
gulyas => Goulasch, guly => guly, gulu => gulu, gulty => coupable, gult => gult,
