gum
noun
/ɡʌm/
Word Forms
| singular | gum |
| plural | gums |
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- 1countable the firm pink flesh in your mouth that your teeth are fixed into
Brushing regularly keeps your gums healthy.
gum disease
Synonyms and related wordsThe mouth and throatAdam’s appleagapecorner - 2uncountable chewing gum
a stick of gum
Synonyms and related wordsSweets and other confectionerybarley sugarboiled sweetbubble gum - 3countable/uncountable Britisha type of glue, used especially to stick paperSynonyms and related wordsGlues and tapes for sticking thingsadhesivebinderBlu-Tack
- 4uncountable a sticky substance that comes from some trees
aromatic gum
Synonyms and related wordsTree seeds and other productsacorncola nutcone - 5countable a eucalyptus treeSynonyms and related wordsTree namesacaciaalderalmond
- 6
walk and chew gum
do two things at the same timeCongress ought to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, and deal with more than one issue at one time.Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 22/06/2017
phrases
gum
noun
/ɡʌm/
Word Forms
| singular | gum |
| plural | gums |
© Getty Images/quickshooting
- 1countable the firm pink flesh in your mouth that your teeth are attached to
Brushing regularly keeps your gums healthy.
gum disease
Synonyms and related wordsThe mouth and throatAdam’s appleagapecorner - 2uncountable chewing gum
a stick of gum
Synonyms and related wordsSweets and other confectionerybarley sugarboiled sweetbonbon - 3uncountable a sticky substance that comes from some trees
aromatic gum
Synonyms and related wordsTree seeds and other productsacornchiclecola nut - 4countable a eucalyptus treeSynonyms and related wordsTree namesacaciaalderalmond
- 5countable/uncountable Britisha type of glue, used especially to stick paperSynonyms and related wordsGlues and tapes for sticking thingsadhesivebinderBlu-Tack
- 6
walk and chew gum
do two things at the same timeCongress ought to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, and deal with more than one issue at one time.Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 22/06/2017
phrases
gum
verb transitive British
/ɡʌm/
Word Forms
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | gum |
| he/she/it | gums |
| present participle | gumming |
| past tense | gummed |
| past participle | gummed |
- 1to stick one thing to another with glue
I gummed the photographs onto the page.
Synonyms and related wordsTo stick, or to stick something to somethingstickgluepaste- 1ato put glue onto paper so that it can be stuck onto something else
gummed labels
Synonyms and related wordsTo stick, or to stick something to somethingstickgluepaste
phrasal verbs
gum up
gum
verb transitive British
/ɡʌm/
Word Forms
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | gum |
| he/she/it | gums |
| present participle | gumming |
| past tense | gummed |
| past participle | gummed |
- 1to stick one thing to another with glueSynonyms and related wordsTo stick, or to stick something to somethingstickgluepaste
- 1ato put glue onto paper so that it can be stuck onto something elseSynonyms and related wordsTo stick, or to stick something to somethingstickgluepaste
phrasal verbs
gum up