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English noun: gum | |||
| 1. | gum (food) a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing | ||
| Synonyms | chewing gum | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confection, sweet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bubble gum, gum ball | ||
| Substance holonym | chicle, chicle gum | ||
| 2. | gum (body) the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth | ||
| Synonyms | gingiva | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal tissue | ||
| Part meronym | mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris | ||
| 3. | gum (substance) any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exudate, exudation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | agar, agar-agar, algin, alginic acid, ammoniac, balata, Bengal kino, butea gum, butea kino, carrageenan, carrageenin, cherry-tree gum, chicle, chicle gum, conima, dragon's blood, eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino, euphorbium, frankincense, galbanum, ghatti, ghatti gum, guar gum, gum acacia, gum albanum, gum ammoniac, gum arabic, gum butea, gum eurphorbium, gum kino, gum olibanum, gum sangapenum, gutta balata, gutta-percha, karaya gum, kino, kino gum, lacquer, liquidambar, mesquite gum, mucilage, olibanum, opopanax, red gum, sangapenum, sterculia gum, sweet gum, thus, tragacanth | ||
| 4. | gum (substance) cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive | ||
| Synonyms | glue, mucilage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | animal glue, casein glue, fish glue, marine glue | ||
| 5. | gum (plant) wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum | ||
| Synonyms | gumwood | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wood | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hazelwood, red gum, satin walnut, sweet gum | ||
| Substance meronym | gum, gum tree | ||
| 6. | gum (plant) any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum | ||
| Synonyms | gum tree | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tree | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | eucalypt, eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree, liquidambar, tupelo, tupelo tree | ||
| Substance holonym | gum, gumwood | ||
English verb: gum | |||
| 1. | gum (contact) cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum | ||
| Samples | If you gum the tape it is stronger. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | apply, put on | ||
| 2. | gum (consumption) grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty | ||
| Samples | The old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food. | ||
| Synonyms | mumble | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chew, jaw, manducate, masticate | ||
| 3. | gum (change) become sticky | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| 4. | gum (body) exude or form gum | ||
| Samples | These trees gum in the Spring. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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