Gum in Bengali বাংলা
Gum in Sindhi سنڌي
Gum in English
- gum⇄adj. gumlike.
- gum⇄expr. gum up, (U.S. Slang.) to mess up; put out of order.
Ex. When computers first came along, all they did was to speed up the flow of information within departments. Sometimes, by generating too many new reports, they actually gummed up the works - gum⇄expr. gums, (U.S.) rubber overshoes.
Ex. [She] is outside cleaning her gums on the mat (Richard White). - gum⇄gum (1), noun, verb, gummed.gumming.
- gum⇄gum (2), noun, verb, gummed,gumming.
- gum⇄gum (3), interjection. by gum
an exclamation or mild oath.
Ex. Newmarket Heath may make you shiver, but, by gum! it gives you an appetite (Hawley Smart). - GUM⇄GUM(no periods)orG.U.M.
a state-operated department store in the former Soviet Union.
Ex. G.U.M. is Moscow's answer to Macy's, Gimbel's, Sears Roebuck, Woolworth, and A. and P., all rolled into one (Time). - gum⇄noun 1. Often, gums.
the firm flesh around the teeth.
1. the portion of this attached to a single tooth. - gum⇄noun 1. the sticky juice of certain trees and plants, that hardens in the air and dissolves in water. Gum is used for sticking paper and other things together. It is also used to make candy and drugs.
2. any similar secretion, such as resin, gum r - gum⇄v.i. 1. to give off gum; form gum.
Ex. Pine trees gum in the spring.
2. to become sticky; become clogged with something sticky.
Ex. My fingers gummed together as the sticky candy melted in my hand. - gum⇄v.t. 1. to chew with the gums.
Ex. The old man smiled and resumed eating, looking like ... Popeye as he cradled the food in his jaws and gummed it (Hoyt W. Fuller).
2. to utter with a toothless mouth.
Ex. ... a dyspeptic old man, gummi - gum⇄v.t. 1. to smear, stick together, or stiffen with gum.
Ex. Gummed tape will hold the box together.
2. to make sticky; clog with something sticky.
Ex. My pocket was all gummed with candy.