Definitions for the word "gum" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
See Gum tree, below.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A rubber overshoe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 a viscous secretion of some trees and shrubs. B adhesive substance made from this. 2 us chewing gum. 3 = *gumdrop. 4 = *gum arabic. 5 = *gum-tree. v. (-mm-) 1 (usu. Foll. By down, together, etc.) Fasten with gum. 2 apply gum to. gum up colloq. Interfere with the smooth running of. [greek kommi from egyptian kemai]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
10. n.
(usu. In pl.) Firm flesh around the roots of the teeth. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
11. n.
by gum! Colloq. By god! [corruption of god]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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