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gum
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?m, IPA(key): /??m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
From Middle English gome, from Old English g?ma (“palate”), from Proto-Germanic *g?mô, *gaumô (“palate”) (compare German Gaumen, Old Norse gómr (whence Icelandic gómur)), from Proto-Indo-European *??h?u-mo- (compare Tocharian A ko, Tocharian B koy? (“mouth”), Lithuanian gomur?s (“palate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *??eh?w- (“to gape, yawn”). More at yawn.
Noun
gum (plural gums)
- (often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
Synonyms
- gingiva (medical)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
gum (third-person singular simple present gums, present participle gumming, simple past and past participle gummed)
- To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
- (transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
Etymology 2
From Middle English gomme, gumme, borrowed from Anglo-Norman gome, from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek ????? (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”). Cognate with Spanish goma (“rubber”).
Noun
gum (countable and uncountable, plural gums)
- (chiefly uncountable) Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
- (chiefly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
- (chiefly uncountable) Chewing gum.
- (countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
- Do you have a gum to spare?
- (South Africa, often in the plural) A gummi candy.
- (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.
- A gum tree.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
gum (third-person singular simple present gums, present participle gumming, simple past and past participle gummed)
- (sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
- To stiffen with glue or gum.
- (sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
- (colloquial, with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
- That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.
- The new editor can gum up your article with too many commas.
Derived terms
- gum up
- by gum
Anagrams
- MGU, mug
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?um/
- Rhymes: -um
Noun
gum
- genitive plural of guma
Dutch
Alternative forms
- gom (dated in the meaning “eraser”).
Etymology
A relatively recent variant of gom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m/
- Hyphenation: gum
Noun
gum m (plural gummen, diminutive gummetje n)
- An eraser.
Derived terms
- gummen
- kneedgum
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m/
- Rhymes: -??m
Noun
gum n (genitive singular gums, no plural)
- boasting, exaggeration
- Synonyms: gort, raup
Declension
Derived terms
- guma (“to boast, to exaggerate”)
Middle English
Noun
gum
- Alternative form of gumme
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?um/
Noun
gum f pl
- genitive plural of guma
Scots
Etymology 1
From English gum.
Noun
gum (plural gums)
- gum
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1, above.
Alternative forms
- gumm
Noun
gum (plural gums)
- mist, vapour, haze
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- gu
- gun
Conjunction
gum
- that
- Tha mi cinnteach gum biodh e toilichte. - I'm certain that he would be happy.
Usage notes
- Used before b, f, m and p.
Turkmen
Noun
gum (definite accusative ?, plural ?)
- sand
Zazaki
Noun
gum ?
- (anatomy) cheek
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epulis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin ep?lis.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??pju.l?s/
- Rhymes: -u?l?s
Noun
epulis (plural epulides)
- (medicine) A hard tumour or tumorous growth developed from the gums.
References
- “epulis”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- pileus
Latin
Pronunciation
- ep?lis: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e?pu.lis/, [??pu?lis]
- epul?s: (Classical) IPA(key): /?e.pu.li?s/, [??p?li?s?]
- epul?s: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?e.pu.lis/, [???pulis]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (epoulís, “growth on the gums”).
Noun
ep?lis f (genitive ep?lidos); third declension (New Latin)
- (medicine) A growth on the gum; an epulis.
Inflection
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
1In poetry.
Descendants
- ? English: epulis
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
epul?s n
- dative/ablative plural of epulum
epul?s f (plural only)
- dative/ablative of epulae
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