gum
Definition
- n. any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
- v. cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
- v. become sticky
- v. exude or form gum
Word forms
- Present participle
- gumming
- Past tense
- gummed
- Past participle
- gummed
- Third person singular
- gums
Example sentences
n.
The dentist explained that gum disease can lead to tooth loss.
vt.
We need to gum the edges of this paper to make it stick together.
vi.
Some trees gum when they are damaged by storms.