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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: gum

1	n v	any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
2	n v	the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: gum

n any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying

Types:: show 28 types...; hide 28 types...; liquidambar, sweet gum
aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree; eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino, red gum
reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis; balata, gutta balata
when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls; ammoniac, gum ammoniac
the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant; carrageenan, carrageenin
a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae; conima
a gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum; dragon's blood
a dark red resinous substance derived from various trees and used in photoengraving; euphorbium, gum eurphorbium
an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine; frankincense, gum olibanum, olibanum, thus
an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation; galbanum, gum albanum
a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida; ghatti, ghatti gum
an Indian gum from the dhawa tree; used as a substitute for gum arabic; agar, agar-agar
a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods; algin, alginic acid
a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier; cherry-tree gum
exudation from trees of the Prunus genus; resembles gum arabic; chicle, chicle gum
gum-like substance from the sapodilla; guar gum
a gum from seeds of the guar plant; used to thicken foods and as sizing for paper and cloth; gum acacia, gum arabic
gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals); Bengal kino, butea gum, butea kino, gum butea
dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent; gum kino, kino, kino gum
a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning; mesquite gum
a gum obtained from mesquite pods; resembles gum arabic; mucilage
a gelatinous substance secreted by plants; karaya gum, sterculia gum
exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics; gutta-percha
a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables; lacquer
a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish; opopanax
an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines; gum sangapenum, sangapenum
a variety of gum; tragacanth
a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing; Senegal gum
gum arabic from the vicinity of the Senegal river

Type of:: exudate, exudation
a substance that oozes out from plant pores

n a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

Synonyms:: chewing gum

Types:: gum ball
a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar; bubble gum
a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles

Type of:: confection, sweet
a food rich in sugar

n cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

Synonyms:: glue, mucilage

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; animal glue
a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses; casein glue
made from casein; used for e.g. plywood and cabinetwork; fish glue
gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish; marine glue
glue that is not water soluble

Type of:: cement
something that hardens to act as adhesive material

n any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

Synonyms:: gum tree

Types:: show 23 types...; hide 23 types...; liquidambar
any tree of the genus Liquidambar; eucalypt, eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree
a tree of the genus Eucalyptus; tupelo, tupelo tree
any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America; American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua, bilsted, red gum, sweet gum, sweet gum tree
a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap; flooded gum
any of several Australian gum trees growing on moist or alluvial soil; mallee
any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts; stringybark
any of several Australian eucalypts having fibrous inner bark; smoothbark
any of several Australian eucalypts having the bark smooth except at or near the base of the trunk; Eucalyptus amygdalina, peppermint, peppermint gum, red gum
red gum tree of Tasmania; Eucalyptus calophylla, marri, red gum
very large red gum tree; Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus rostrata, river gum, river red gum
somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction; Eucalyptus camphora, mountain swamp gum
medium-sized swamp gum of New South Wales and Victoria; Eucalyptus coriacea, Eucalyptus pauciflora, ghost gum, snow gum, white ash
small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips; Eucalyptus delegatensis, alpine ash, mountain oak
tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood; Eucalyptus fraxinoides, white mountain ash
large tree with dark compact bark on lower trunk but smooth and white above; yields lumber similar to that of European or American ashes; Eucalyptus globulus, blue gum, fever tree
tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish; Eucalypt ovata, swamp gum
medium-sized tree of southern Australia; Eucalyptus maculata, spotted gum
large gum tree with mottled bark; Eucalyptus citriodora, Eucalyptus maculata citriodora, lemon-scented gum
similar to but smaller than the spotted gum and having lemon-scented leaves; Eucalyptus regnans, mountain ash
tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world; Eucalyptus viminalis, manna gum
tall tree yielding a false manna; Nyssa aquatica, water gum
columnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North America yielding pale soft easily worked wood; Nyssa sylvatica, black gum, pepperidge, sour gum
columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall

Type of:: tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

n wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum

Synonyms:: gumwood

Types:: hazelwood, red gum, satin walnut, sweet gum
reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture

Type of:: wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

v cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum

“if you gum the tape it is stronger”

Type of:: apply, put on
apply to a surface

v become sticky

Type of:: change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

v exude or form gum

“these trees gum in the Spring”

Type of:: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude
release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

n the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth

Synonyms:: gingiva

Type of:: animal tissue
the tissue in the bodies of animals

v grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty

Synonyms:: mumble

Type of:: chew, jaw, manducate, masticate
chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

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