gum

[US]/ɡʌm/
[UK]/ɡʌm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the pink tissue in the mouth that surrounds the teeth, a sweetened and flavored chewy candy, a sticky substance obtained from certain trees
vt. & vi. to stick together

Phrases & Collocations

chewing gum

bubble gum

xanthan gum

guar gum

gum arabic

chew gum

gum rosin

arabic gum

gum resin

gum tree

gum up

locust bean gum

cellulose gum

sweet gum

gum acacia

gum rubber

Example Sentences

gum dragon (=gum tragacanth)

gum up the works.

There is gum on the back of a stamp.

the adhesion of the gum strip to the paper.

The gum stuck to my fingers.

The apples are all.See Regional Note at gum band

Is gum the symptom of brothers mouth disease frothily?

Gum Karaya, from Sterculia species;

sugarless gum; sugarless candy.

The dog bared its gums at me.

Flaxseed gum, a kind of natural plant gum, consists mainly of polyoses such as galactose and xylose.

offers of devolution will lead ministers straight up a gum tree.

removing spent slugs of gum from under the bench.

By gum! You’ve grown. You’ll be as tall as your father soon.

Currently on the market there are photographicsensitive gum dichromate line, diazoresin, molysite salt.

A parulis, or gum boil, may be present near the involved tooth.

a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida.

After surgery, there can be swealing swelling of the gums and face and some pain.

The light microscope was used to observe the hesion from gums of teeth and focus of infection.

Real-world Examples

Gum would be perfection? ... Gum would be perfection.

Source: Friends Season 1 (Edited Version)

These include burnt gums and lips, blisters and lost teeth.

Source: The Chronicles of Novel Events

Go Go Tomago chewed her gum and nodded.

Source: Big Hero 6 (audiobook)

Yep. Yep, that's gum. That is gum.

Source: Modern Family - Season 03

I went to see a dentist for my sore gums.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

Marks the guy who sold me the babble gums, cigars.

Source: The Road to Harvard: Original Soundtrack

And when I open my mouth, there are my gums.

Source: Learn phrases and vocabulary with Vanessa.

Please spit out your gum before you came into the classroom.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

Why would you start again after chewing all that quitting gum?

Source: Friends Season 3

You're really hitting the gum pretty hard, aren't you?

Source: Modern Family - Season 10

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