Meaning : A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
Synonyms : chewing gum
Meaning : The tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth.
Synonyms : gingiva
Translation in other languages :
పళ్ళ యొక్క స్థావరాలను కప్పివుంచిన చర్మం
రాముకు పళ్ళచిగుళ్ళు వాపువచ్చింది.Meaning : Any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants. They are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying.
Translation in other languages :
Meaning : Wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum.
Synonyms : gumwood
Meaning : Any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum.
Synonyms : gum tree
Meaning : Cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum.
Example :
If you gum the tape it is stronger.
Meaning : Grind with the gums. Chew without teeth and with great difficulty.
Example :
The old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food.
Synonyms : mumble
Meaning : Become sticky.
Meaning : Exude or form gum.
Example :
These trees gum in the Spring.