Dubsar - G (p. 297)

gum, n.
(gums)
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the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
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gum

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part holonym

mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris

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

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sweet, confection

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gum ball bubble gum

substance meronym

chicle, chicle gum

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

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liquidambar eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree tupelo, tupelo tree

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substance meronym

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

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sweet gum, satin walnut, hazelwood, red gum

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

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gluey glue glue

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animal glue casein glue fish glue marine glue

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

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exudate, exudation

gum, v.
(gummed, gumming, gums)

exude or form gum
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gum

sample sentences

"these trees gum in the Spring"

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Something ----s

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exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze

become sticky
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gum

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Something ----s

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

sample sentences

"the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something

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chew, masticate, manducate, jaw

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

sample sentences

"if you gum the tape it is stronger"

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Somebody ----s something

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gum acacia, n.

gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
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gum accroides, n.

an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper
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accroides resin

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hypernym

gum albanum, n.

a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida
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gum ammoniac, n.

the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant
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ammoniacal ammoniac

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gum anime, n.

any of various resins or oleoresins
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gum arabic, n.

gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
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gum ball, n.

a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar
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gum, chewing gum

gum benjamin, n.

gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
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gum benzoin, n.

gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
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gum boot, n.

a high boot made of rubber
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gum butea, n.

dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent
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gum dammar, n.

any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine
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gum elastic, n.

an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
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rubbery rubber rubberize

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foam rubber crepe rubber cold rubber hard rubber, vulcanite, ebonite Para rubber

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gum elemi, n.

fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense
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gum eurphorbium, n.

an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine
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gum eurphorbium

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gum kino, n.

a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
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gum labdanum, n.

a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses
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gum myrrh, n.

aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume
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myrrh tree, Commiphora myrrha

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gum olibanum, n.

an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
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gum plant, n.

any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock
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member holonym

Grindelia, genus Grindelia

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herb, herbaceous plant

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Grindelia robusta curlycup gumweed, Grindelia squarrosa

gum resin, n.

a mixture of resin and gum
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elemi, gum elemi myrrh, gum myrrh, sweet cicely Sonora gum benzoin, gum benzoin, benjamin, gum benjamin, asa dulcis bdellium gamboge

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gum ridge, n.

a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth
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alveolar process

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tooth socket, alveolus alveolar artery, arteria alveolaris

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process, outgrowth, appendage

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gum sangapenum, n.

a variety of gum
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gum terpentine, n.

obtained from conifers (especially pines)
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turpentine, oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turps

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Chian turpentine

gum tree, n.

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

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liquidambar eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree tupelo, tupelo tree

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gum up, v.

stick together as if with gum
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sample sentences

"the inside of the pipe has gummed up"

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Something ----s
Something ----s something

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clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul

gum-lac, n.

an inferior lac produced by lac insects in Madagascar
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gum-like, adj.

resembling chewing gum
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similar to

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