gum
The flesh around the teeth.
Noun 4 meanings
The flesh around the teeth.
A viscous water-soluble carbohydrate exudate of certain plants that hardens when it becomes dry, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate.
“gum-oleo-resin”
Any viscous or sticky substance resembling the true gum.
Chewing gum.
Verb 4 meanings
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.
To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
To stiffen with glue or gum.
Etymology
From Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”).
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GUM at a glance
GUM has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (G 2 + U 1 + M 3) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,680 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with gum
All rhymes- BUBBLEGUM18
- BEGUM10
- DADGUM11
- TERGUM9
- ALGUM8
- SUBGUM11
- SOURGUM10
- SAGUM8
- BLACKGUM19
- BLUEGUM12
- DEGUM9
- JUGUM15
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