verb
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To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
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To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
verb
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(sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
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To stiffen with glue or gum.
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(sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
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(with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
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That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.
noun
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The act of chewing without teeth.
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The manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.
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The act of fastening with gum, especially the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone.
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A disease marked by a discharge of gum, affecting stone fruit.