gums

/ɡʌmz/ · noun

Meaning

(often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
Chewing gum.
A single piece of chewing gum.
(often in the plural) A gummi candy.
A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
(sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
To stiffen with glue or gum.
(sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
(with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.

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