'gum' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'gum' with 4 example sentences.
- gum verb
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: cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
: become sticky
: exude or form gum
- gum noun
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: a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
: the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
: any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
: cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
: wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
: any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
Do your gums bleed when you brush your teeth?
I'm addicted to chewing gum.
She's chewing gum, isn't she?
You shouldn't pop your bubble gum in class.