GUM
Definition of GUM
- (verb)cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
- (verb)grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
- (verb)become sticky
- (verb)exude or form gum
- (noun)a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
- (noun)the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
- (noun)any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
- (noun)cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
- (noun)wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
- (noun)any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum