1syllable
gums
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Definitions ofgums
1noun
- (often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
1verb
- To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
- To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
1noun
- Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
- Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
- Chewing gum.
- A single piece of chewing gum.
Example: "Do you have a gum to spare?"
- (often in the plural) A gummi candy.
- A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
- A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
- A rubber overshoe.
- A gum tree.
1verb
- (sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
- To stiffen with glue or gum.
- (sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
- (with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
Example: "That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves."
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