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Definition gum

Etymology 1

From Middle English gome, from Old English g?ma (“palate”), from Proto-Germanic *g?mô, *gaumô (“palate”) (compare German Gaumen, Old Norse gómr (whence Icelandic gómur)), from Proto-Indo-European *??h?u-mo- (compare Tocharian A ko, Tocharian B koy? (“mouth”), Lithuanian gomur?s (“palate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *??eh?w- (“to gape, yawn”). More at yawn.

Noun

gum (plural gums)

  1. (often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
Verb

gum (third-person singular simple present gums, present participle gumming, simple past and past participle gummed)

  1. To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
  2. (transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gomme, gumme, borrowed from Anglo-Norman gome, from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek ????? (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”). Cognate with Spanish goma (“rubber”).

Noun

gum (countable and uncountable, plural gums)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
  2. (chiefly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
  3. (chiefly uncountable) Chewing gum.
  4. (countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
  5. (South Africa, often in the plural) A gummi candy.
  6. (US, dialectal, Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
  7. (US, dialectal, Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
  8. (US, dialectal) A rubber overshoe.
  9. A gum tree.
Verb

gum (third-person singular simple present gums, present participle gumming, simple past and past participle gummed)

  1. (sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
  2. To stiffen with glue or gum.
  3. (colloquial, with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.

Results 462 Words with the letters GUM

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8 letter words with the letters GUM 
7 letter words with the letters GUM 
6 letter words with the letters GUM 
ALGUMS 13
ALMUGS 13
BEGUMS 15
DEGUMS 13
FUMING 16
GAMUTS 12
GAUMED 13
GAZUMP 24
GLOMUS 13
GLUMES 13
GLUMLY 16
GLUMPY 18
GOMUTI 12
GONIUM 13
GRANUM 13
GRUMES 12
GRUMPS 15
GRUMPY 17
GUIMPE 15
GUMBOS 15
GUMMAS 15
GUMMED 16
GUMMER 15
GUNMAN 14
GUNMEN 14
GYPSUM 17
HUMBUG 18
IMPUGN 16
JUGUMS 22
LEGUME 13
MAGNUM 16
MAGUEY 14
MAUGER 12
MAUGRE 12
MIDGUT 13
MOGULS 13
MORGUE 12
MUGFUL 17
MUGGAR 14
MUGGED 15
MUGGEE 14
MUGGER 14
MUGGUR 15
MULING 14
MUNGOS 13
MURING 13
MUSING 13
MUSKEG 16
MUTING 13
NUTMEG 13
REGNUM 13
SMUDGE 13
SMUDGY 15
SMUGLY 15
SUBGUM 16
TERGUM 12
UGSOME 12
UMPING 16
ZEUGMA 21
5 letter words with the letters GUM 
ALGUM 12
ALMUG 12
BEGUM 14
DEGUM 12
GAMUT 11
GAUMS 11
GEUMS 11
GLUME 12
GRUME 11
GRUMP 14
GUMBO 14
GUMMA 14
GUMMY 16
JUGUM 21
MAGUS 11
MOGUL 12
MUGGS 13
MUGGY 15
MUNGO 12
SAGUM 11
4 letter words with the letters GUM 
GAUM 10
GEUM 10
GLUM 11
GRUM 10
GUMS 10
MUGG 12
MUGS 10
SMUG 10
3 letter words with the letters GUM 
GUM 9
MUG 9
2 letter words with the letters GUM 
MU 6
UM 6

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