gum

Noun
  1. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing (synset 107615569)
    is a type of: confection, sweet - a food rich in sugar
    subtypes:
    • gum ball - a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar
    • bubble gum - a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles
    substance holonym: chicle, chicle gum - gum-like substance from the sapodilla
    same as: chewing gum
  2. The tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth (synset 105312431)
    is a type of: animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals
    is a part of: mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
    same as: gingiva
  3. Any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants;
    They are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying (synset 114922621)
    is a type of: exudate, exudation - a substance that oozes out from plant pores
    subtypes:
    • liquidambar, sweet gum - aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
    • eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino, red gum - reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis
    • balata, gutta balata - when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
    • ammoniac, gum ammoniac - the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant
    • carrageenan, carrageenin - a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae
    • conima - a gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum
    • dragon's blood - a dark red resinous substance derived from various trees and used in photoengraving
    • euphorbium, gum eurphorbium - an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine
    • frankincense, gum olibanum, olibanum, thus - an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
    • galbanum, gum albanum - a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida
    • ghatti, ghatti gum - an Indian gum from the dhawa tree; used as a substitute for gum arabic
    • agar, agar-agar - a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
    • algin, alginic acid - a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier
    • cherry-tree gum - exudation from trees of the Prunus genus; resembles gum arabic
    • chicle, chicle gum - gum-like substance from the sapodilla
    • guar gum - a gum from seeds of the guar plant; used to thicken foods and as sizing for paper and cloth
    • gum acacia, gum arabic - gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
    • bengal kino, butea gum, butea kino, gum butea - dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent
    • gum kino, kino, kino gum - a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
    • mesquite gum - a gum obtained from mesquite pods; resembles gum arabic
    • mucilage - a gelatinous substance secreted by plants
    • karaya gum, sterculia gum - exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics
    • gutta-percha - a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables
    • lacquer - a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish
    • opopanax - an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines
    • gum sangapenum, sangapenum - a variety of gum
    • tragacanth - a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
  4. Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive (synset 114727036)
    is a type of: cement - something that hardens to act as adhesive material
    subtypes:
    • animal glue - a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses
    • casein glue - made from casein; used for e.g. plywood and cabinetwork
    • fish glue - gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish
    • marine glue - glue that is not water soluble
    same as: glue, mucilage
  5. Wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum (synset 112355037)
    is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
    subtypes: hazelwood, red gum, satin walnut, sweet gum - reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
    substance meronym: gum, gum tree - any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
    same as: gumwood
  6. Any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum (synset 112354810)
    is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
    subtypes:
    substance holonym: gum, gumwood - wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
    same as: gum tree
Verb
  1. Cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum (synset 201366722)
    "if you gum the tape it is stronger"
    is a type of: apply, put on - apply to a surface
  2. Grind with the gums;
    Chew without teeth and with great difficulty (synset 201177521)
    "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
    is a type of: chew, jaw, manducate, masticate - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
    same as: mumble
  3. Become sticky (synset 200587464)
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
  4. Exude or form gum (synset 200068937)
    "these trees gum in the Spring"
    is a type of: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

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