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      gum
      noun
      (chiefly uncountable) Chewing gum.
      (countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
      (often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
      (chiefly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance resembling the true gum.
      (botany, biochemistry, chiefly uncountable) A viscous water-soluble carbohydrate exudate of certain plants that hardens when it becomes dry, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate.
      A gum tree, any of various types of trees or an individual thereof.
      (US, dialect) A rubber overshoe.
      (US, dialect, Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
      (US, dialect, Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
      (South Africa, often in the plural) A gummi candy.
      A surname.
      Initialism of genitourinary medicine.
      Initialism of GUM (department store).
      verb
      To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
      (sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
      To stiffen with glue or gum.
      (sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
      (colloquial, with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
      (transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
      Synonyms for gum
      chiclengluenmasticatevdenturenteethndentitionnrosinn
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