
Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)chewing gum, guma preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing (n)gingiva, gumthe tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth (n)gumany of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying (n)glue, gum, mucilagecement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive (n)gumwood, gumwood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum (n)gum tree, gumany of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum Verbs
(v)gumcover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum“if you gum the tape it is stronger” (v)mumble, gumgrind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty“the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food” (v)gumexude or form gum“these trees gum in the spring”