gums is a form of:
Gum
SEE: Gum treenoun
- 1.
- (a substance found in certain trees and plants. It dissolves in water but hardens in the air, drugs, and other products, resin, an adhesive, chewing gum. the firm flesh surrounding the base of the teeth) ជ័រ pine gum ជ័រ (ឈើ) / adhesive gum កាវ, chewing gum ស្ករកៅស៊ូ
- 2.
- ជ័រ, កាវ
- 3.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ជើងធ្មេញ, អញ្ចាញធ្មេញ
verb — past tense: gummed ; past participle: gummed ; present participle: gumming ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To coat with gum, to become clogged) លាបជ័រ, លុប (ដោយជ័រលុប) / ឲ្យបាយ (សំពត់) / បិទ, ដាក់ផ្អោប់ gum a label កាវ, gum up (a machine) ធ្វើអោយគាំងជាប gum up (progress) រារាំង, រំខានដល់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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 sandarac, which are really resins.
- 2.
- 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.
- 3.
- A rubber overshoe.
- 4.
- The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
verb — past tense: gummed ; past participle: gummed ; present participle: gumming ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw).
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To exude or from gum; to become gummy.