Gum

Noun

 * 1)  The flesh round the teeth.


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

Verb

 * 1) To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal
 * 2) To befoul, to complicate, to mess up. Normally used with "up".
 * 3) To apply an adhesive or gum to
 * 4)  With up, to impair the functioning of a thing or process.

Verbs for Gum
barrel—; consume—; dissolve—; glue with—; harden into—; secrete—; spread—; utilize—; twist—; yield—; —issues from; — preserves; '—prevents; —stiffens.

Thesaurus
Lastex, acaroid resins, agglutinate, alveolar ridge, amber, baleen, battledore, bind, bite, bollix, braze, bridgework, bubble gum, cement, champ, chaw, chew, chew the cud, chew up, chewing gum, chicle, chicle gum, chomp, colophony, coumarone resins, crab, cramp, crimp, dental bridge, dentition, denture, elastic, elastomer, false teeth, fossil resins, foul up, fuse, glue, gnash, gnaw, grind, gum elastic, gum rosin, gum up, gums, handball, ivories, jumping jack, lac resins, louse up, masticate, mouth, mumble, munch, nibble, paste, periodontal tissue, pine resins, plastic, plate, queer, racket, resin, resina, resinate, resinoid, rosin, rubber, rubber ball, rubber band, ruminate, set of teeth, snafu, solder, spandex, spring, springboard, stick together, stretch fabric, synthetic resin, teeth, trampoline, uppers and lowers, vegetable resins, weld, whalebone

Etymology 1
gome:, from Old English goma: 'palate', from 'palate' (compare German Gaumen, Old Norse gómr), from  (compare Tocharian A/B ko/koyṃ 'mouth',  gomurỹs: 'palate'), from *g̑hehₐu̯- 'to gape, yawn'. More at yawn.

Etymology 2
gomme:, gumme:, from gome:, from  gumma:, from  cummi:, gummi:, from Ancient Greek κόμμι:, from  ḳmj-t: (qemỵt, qemài) 'acanthus resin'.

Synonyms

 * gingiva (medical term)

acacia gum; accaroid gum, accroides gum; apple-gum; bee gum; begum; black gum; blue gum; box-gum; British gum; bubble gum, bubble-gum, bubblegum; carob gum; chagual gum; chewing gum; chicle gum; dammar gum; degum; doctor-gum; doctor's gum; elastic gum; free gum; gellan gum; ghatti gum; grilled gum; guar gum; gum acacia; gum acaroidea, gum accroides; gum albanum; gum ammoniac; gum anima, gum animé, gum animi; gum animal; gum arabic; gumball; gum band; gum benjamin; gum benzoin; gum bichromate; gum-boiler; gum boot, gumboot; gum-bucket; gum butea; gum camphor; gum-chewer; gum-chewing; gum cistus; gum dammar; gum-digger; gum-digging; gum dragon; gum-drop, gumdrop; gum elastic; gum elemi; gum eraser; gum eurphorbium; gum-field; gum-flowers; gum-game; gum guaiac; gum-hole; gum ivy; gum juniper; gum karaya; gum kino; gum labdanum; gum lac; gum-land; gumlands; gum-line, gumline; gummage; gummy; gum myrrh; gum myrtle; gum nut; gum of ivy; gum olibanum; gum over platinum; gum-paper; gum passage; gum plant; gum-platinum; gum pot; gum print; gum printing; gum-rash; gum resin; gum rockrose; gum sandarac; gum sangapenum; gum-seal; gum-senegal; gumshoe; gum silk; gum stick; gum-succory; gum-sucker; gum-taffeta; gum-thistle; gum thus; gum tragacanth; gum tree; gum turpentine; gum (verb); gum water; gum wood, gumwood; gum-worker; hog gum; karaya gum; Kordofan gum; locust bean gum; log gum; manna gum; mastic gum; mountain gum; natural gum; red gum; ribbon gum; slum gum, slumgum; snow gum; sonora gum; sour gum; spotted gum; spruce gum; sterculia gum; sugar gum, sugar-gum; sweet gum, sweet gum-tree; tara gum; ungum; white gum; xanthan gum; York gum

Derived terms
gumboil; gum-didder; gum-digger; gum-digging; gum disease; gumless; gummed; gummy; gum ridge; gum-ring; gum-rubber; gum shield; gum-stake; gum-tickler; gum-tooth; gumwork

Related terms

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

Noun

 * Arabic: (líθθa)
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: gengiva
 * Cebuano:
 * Chinese: 齒齦, 齿龈 (chǐyīn)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: íny, fogíny
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: jenjivo
 * Hungarian: íny, fogíny
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: jenjivo
 * Ido: jenjivo


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 歯茎 (はぐき, haguki)
 * Korean: 잇몸 (itmom)
 * Mongolian: буйл
 * Polish: dziąsło, dziąsła
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: десни
 * Roman: desni
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (ngèuak)
 * Turkish: dişeti (lit., tooth-flesh)
 * Volapük: gingif
 * Thai: (ngèuak)
 * Turkish: dişeti (lit., tooth-flesh)
 * Volapük: gingif

Noun

 * Estonian: ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: kauçuk


 * French:


 * Turkish: kauçuk

chewing gum See chewing gum


 * Armenian: ծամոն (çamon)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Estonian: näts
 * French:


 * German:
 * Portuguese: chiclete, goma de mascar
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * mug

Etymology 1
English gum

Noun

 * 1) gum

Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1, above.

Alternative forms

 * gumm

Noun

 * 1) mist, vapour, haze

Conjunction

 * 1) that
 * Tha mi cinnteach gum biodh e toilichte. - I'm certain that he would be happy.