| Gum: English to English |
| Gum (n.) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. |
| Gum (n.) A rubber overshoe. |
| Gum (n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sand |
| Gum (n.) See Gum tree, below. |
| Gum (n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws. |
| Gum (v. i.) To exude or from gum; to become gummy. |
| Gum (v. t.) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer. |
| Gum (v. t.) To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance. |