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- (appalachian engelska) gom
- (dialektal) gawm
- (föråldrada ord) goom
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Definitioner
Substantiv
- (often, in the plural) The flesh round the teeth.
- (uncountable) Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
- (uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
- (uncountable) Chewing gum.
- (countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
- (US, dialect, Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
- (US, dialect, Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
- (US, dialect) A rubber overshoe.
Verb
- To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
- (sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
- (transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
- To stiffen with glue or gum.
- (colloquial, with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
Exempel
- Do you have a gum to spare?
- However, Albert said in his audiotape and in his speech that a lever designed to release the lifeboat's block and tackle was gummed up with red paint.
- He frets like a gummed velvet.
- That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.
- The new editor can gum up your article with too many commas.
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