un chewing-gum
81gum — gum1 [ gʌm ] noun * ▸ 1 part of mouth ▸ 2 chewing gum ▸ 3 substance from trees ▸ 4 eucalyptus tree ▸ 5 type of glue ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the firm pink flesh in your mouth that your teeth are attached to: Brushing regularly keeps your gums… …
82gum — n. 1) to chew gum 2) bubble; chewing gum 3) a stick of gum * * * [gʌm] chewing gum a stick of gum bubble to chew gum …
83Gum ban — A gum ban is the banning of chewing gum in a certain places. In schools, it is often against the rules to chew gum, because it tends to stick to things and thus makes the furniture dirty. In Singapore, there is a country wide ban of most type of… …
84gum ball — noun a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar • Hypernyms: ↑chewing gum, ↑gum …
85gum — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a viscous secretion of some trees and shrubs that hardens on drying but is soluble in water (cf. RESIN). b an adhesive substance made from this. 2 US chewing gum. 3 = GUMDROP. 4 = gum arabic. 5 = gum tree. 6 a secretion… …
86gum — gum1 gumless, adj. gumlike, adj. /gum/, n., v., gummed, gumming. n. 1. any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water. 2. any of various similar exudations …
87gum — {{11}}gum (n.1) resin, c.1300, from O.Fr. gome (medicinal) gum, resin, from L.L. gumma, from L. gummi, from Gk. kommi gum, from Egyptian kemai. As a shortened form of chewing gum, first attested 1842 in Amer.Eng. The gum tree (1670s) was so… …
88gum — I. /gʌm / (say gum) noun 1. any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air, and soluble in, or forming a viscid mass with, water. 2. any of various similar exudations, such as resin, kino gum, etc. 3. a… …
89gum — I. noun Etymology: Middle English gome, from Old English gōma palate; akin to Old High German guomo palate, and perhaps to Greek chaos abyss Date: before 12th century the tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar parts of… …
90gum — I UK [ɡʌm] / US noun Word forms gum : singular gum plural gums * 1) [countable] the firm pink flesh in your mouth that your teeth are fixed into Brushing regularly keeps your gums healthy. gum disease 2) [uncountable] chewing gum a stick of gum… …
