gum

Betekenis (English)

Noun

The flesh around the teeth.

Verb

1. To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
2. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.

Verb

1. To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
2. To stiffen with glue or gum.
3. To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
4. (colloquial) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.

Concepts

tandvlees

gom

kauwgom

gummi

vlakgom

stuf

hars

gommen

Synonyms

glue

resin

chewing gum

gingiva

rubber

mucilage

paste

gums

sap

eraser

gum tree

adhesive

bubble gum

pitch

mumble

cement

chewing-gum

gumwood

India rubber

ula

stick

contract

cling

gum up

hard palate

honey

🍯

india-rubber

intrude

jaw

juice

latex

lower jaw

mastic

cleave

clay

chewing tobacco

cheat

pyorrhea

chatter

rosin

candle

🕯️

rubber tree

bloodwood

shellac

size

splice

stamp

syrup

tar

valor

valour

wax

wood tar

birdlime

inflamation

tooth ridge

sticky stuff

oleoresin

Eucalyptus

eucalypts

adhesive agent

adhesive material

gum-tree

dental pad

gelatin

exudation

gengiva

courage

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡʌm/

Etymology (English)

From Middle English gome, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gōmô, *gaumô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂u-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂w- (“to gape, yawn”).
See also German Gaumen, Old Norse gómr, Icelandic gómur; also Tocharian A ko, Tocharian B koyṃ (“mouth”), Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”). More at yawn.

Zinnen

Like the Topps cards , they were sold with gum .

Net als de Topps -kaarten werden ze met kauwgom verkocht.

The gum was packaged in a red , white , and blue color scheme .

De tandvlees was verpakt in een rood, wit en blauw kleurenschema.