gum
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/ɡʌm/
🇬🇧
/ɡʌm/
noun
R
The pink flesh in your mouth that holds your teeth.
Brushing your teeth helps keep your gums healthy.
R
A sticky substance that comes from trees.
The tree produces a sticky gum that can be used for many things.
R
A type of glue for sticking paper and light things together.
Use gum to stick the paper pieces together.
R
A sweet you chew but do not swallow.
I like to chew gum after meals.
R
A chewy fruit-flavored candy.
These fruit gums are my favorite candy.
verb
R
To stick things together with glue.
She gummed the stamp to the envelope.
translation
The pink flesh in your mouth that holds your teeth.; A sticky substance that comes from trees.; A type of glue for sticking paper and light things together.; A sweet you chew but do not swallow.; A chewy fruit-flavored candy.
To stick things together with glue.
Word Forms
Plural
gums
Past
gummed
Progressive
gumming
Perfect
gummed
3rd Present
gums