gum


Meanings

  • a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
  • the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
  • any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
  • cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
  • wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
  • any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
  • cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum;
    • "if you gum the tape it is stronger"
  • grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty;
  • become sticky
  • exude or form gum;
    • "these trees gum in the Spring"
  • GUM v GUMMED, GUMMING, GUMS to smear, seal, or clog with gum (a sticky, viscid substance)


Scrabble Score: 6

gum is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

gum is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

gum is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 9

gum is a valid Words With Friends word