gum
The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
See Gum tree, below.
A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.
A rubber overshoe.
To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.
To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
Alt. of copal
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Gum Quotations
I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.
Mitch Hedberg
Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.
Lyndon B. Johnson
TV is chewing gum for the eyes.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
Frank Lloyd Wright
I go from stool to stool in singles bars hoping to get lucky, but there's never any gum under any of them.
Emo Philips
I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to get lucky, but there wasn't any gum under any of them.
Emo Philips
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
Elbert Hubbard
I never think it's right to chew gum in front of other people, but a lot of times I'll come in for a meeting chewing gum and I'll forget I'm chewing it. Then you don't want to swallow it because it stays in your system for seven years or something, so I've asked to throw it away. I've started to wonder if that's why I didn't get certain movies.
Jennifer Lawrence
What I remember most about junior homecoming was my date getting sick afterwards. That kinda sucked. Then, senior year, someone got gum in her hair when we were dancing. She had to get one of the chaperones to take her to the office and cut up her hair. I felt really bad for her, but it worked out fine.
James Lafferty
She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.
Liam Gallagher
The president of the United States actually has to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.
John Edwards
I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that.
Hilary Duff
It's changed throughout the years, but at one time I was a really big bubble gum ice cream fan. I'd spit the bubble gum pieces in a cup and then collect them.
Timothy Olyphant
On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the principle of the chewing gum dispenser.
Cecil Beaton
Basically, they had asked me if I would shave my head or wear a bald cap. I said look, if you are doing a series for five years I would want to shave my hair because I would go bald with all the gum and glue from the bald cap.
Persis Khambatta
Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.
John Mason Brown
Presidential candidates don't chew gum.
Theodore C. Sorensen
It's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization. It's chewing gum.
Jerry Springer
Australians were unique due to our corals, our apples, our gum trees and our kangaroos.
Harold Edward Holt
Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.
Hank Ketcham
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Gum Translations
gum in Dutch is tandvlees
gum in French is gomme, gencive
gum in German is Gummi
gum in Portuguese is gengiva
gum in Swedish is gummi, gummera
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