gum

1. n. The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws. Source: opted

2. v. t. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. See Gum tree, below. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. A rubber overshoe. Source: opted

7. v. t. 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. Source: opted

8. v. i. To exude or from gum; to become gummy. Source: opted

9. n. a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing Source: wordnet

10. n. the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth Source: wordnet

11. n. any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying Source: wordnet

12. n. cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive Source: wordnet

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