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Noun gum has 6 senses
  1. chewing gum, gum - a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
    --1 is a kind of sweet, confection, confectionery
    --1 has particulars: gum ball; bubble gum
  2. gingiva, gum - the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
    --2 is a kind of animal tissue
    --2 is a part of mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
    Derived form: verb gum1
  3. gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
    --3 is a kind of     exudate, exudation
    --3 has particulars:
     sweet gum, liquidambar; eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino, red gum; balata, gutta balata; ammoniac, gum ammoniac; carrageenin, carrageenan; conima; dragon's blood; euphorbium, gum eurphorbium; frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum, thus; galbanum, gum albanum; ghatti, ghatti gum; agar, agar-agar; algin, alginic acid; cherry-tree gum; chicle, chicle gum; chewing gum; guar gum; gum arabic, gum acacia; gum butea, butea gum, butea kino, Bengal kino; kino, gum kino, kino gum; mesquite gum; mucilage; sterculia gum, karaya gum; gutta-percha; lacquer; opopanax; sangapenum, gum sangapenum; tragacanth
    Derived form: verb gum2
  4. glue, gum, mucilage - cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
    --4 is a kind of cement
    --4 has particulars: animal glue; casein glue; fish glue; marine glue
  5. gumwood, gum - wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
    --5 is a kind of wood
    --5 is a substance of gum tree, gum
    --5 has particulars: sweet gum, satin walnut, hazelwood, red gum
  6. gum tree, gum - any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
    --6 is a kind of tree
    --6 has substances: gumwood, gum
    --6 has particulars:
     liquidambar; eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree; tupelo, tupelo tree
,Verb gum has 2 senses
  1. mumble, gum - grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
    --1 is one way to chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
    Derived forms: noun gum2, noun gumming1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. gum - exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"
    --2 is one way to     exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
    Derived form: noun gum3
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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