gum

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Related terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 Scots 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: gŭm, IPA: gʌm, SAMPA: gVm
• Rhymes: -ʌm

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English goma; akin to German Gaumen 'gums', Old Norse gomr ‘palate’.

[edit] Noun

gum (plural gums)

1. (often in plural) The flesh round the teeth.

[edit] Synonyms

• gingiva (medical term)

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[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to gum (third-person singular simple present gums, present participle gumming, simple past and past participle gummed)

1. To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal
2. To befoul, to complicate, to mess up. Normally used with "up".
   • That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.
   • The new editor can gum up your article with too many commas.

[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English gomme, from Old French gome, from Late Latin gumma, from Latin gummi, from Greek κόμμι, from Egyptian kema., kemai 'resin'.

[edit] Noun

gum (countable and uncountable; plural gums)

1. (uncountable) any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants
2. (uncountable) any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants
3. (uncountable) chewing gum
4. (countable) a single piece of chewing gum

   Do you have a gum I could have?

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[edit] Related terms

• gumma
• gummatous
• gummic acid
• gummiferous
• gummite
• gummose
• gummosis
• gummosity
• gummous

[edit] Translations

chewing gum See chewing gum

• Ido: gumo (3)
• Spanish: goma f. (1 and/or 2), chicle m. (3)
• Swedish: gummi n. (1,2), tuggummi n. (3)

[edit] Verb

to gum (third-person singular simple present gums, present participle gumming, simple past and past participle gummed)

1. To apply an adhesive or gum to
2. (colloquial) With up, to impair the functioning of a thing or process.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: gmu
• mug

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology 1

English gum

[edit] Noun

gum (plural gums)

1. gum

[edit] Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1, above.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• gumm

[edit] Noun

gum (plural gums)

1. mist, vapour, haze