Definitions:

1. any of various substances, soluble in water, that exude from certain plants noun
   • The gum oozed out of the tree trunk.
2. cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum verb
   • if you gum the tape it is stronger
3. exude or form gum verb
   • these trees gum in the Spring
4. the tissue, covered by mucous membrane, of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth noun
   • The dentist said my gums were in excellent shape.

Synonyms:

• chewing gum
• gingiva
• glue
• gum tree
• gumwood
• mucilage
• mumble

NearBy Words:

• gum-lac
• gum-like
• gumbo
• gumbo-limbo
• gumboil
• gumdrop
• gumma
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• gumming
• gummite
• gummosis
• gummy
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• gumptious
• gumshield
• gumshoe
• gumweed
• gumwood