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1.noun(often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
2.verbTo chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
3.verbTo deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
4.nounAny of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
5.nounAny viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
6.nounChewing gum.
7.nounA single piece of chewing gum."Do you have a gum to spare?"
8.noun(often in the plural) A gummi candy.
9.nounA hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
10.nounA vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
11.nounA rubber overshoe.
12.nounA gum tree.
13.verb(sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
14.verbTo stiffen with glue or gum.
15.verb(sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
16.verb(with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process."That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves."