gum vs gumwood what difference
what is difference between gum and gumwood
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: gŭm, IPA(key): /ɡʌm/
- Rhymes: -ʌm
Etymology 1
From Middle English gome, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-Germanic *gōmô, *gaumô (“palate”) (compare German Gaumen, Old Norse gómr (whence Icelandic gómur)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂u-mo- (compare Tocharian A ko, Tocharian B koyṃ (“mouth”), Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂w- (“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 κόμμι (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.
- (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): /ɡum/
- 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): /ɣʏm/
- Hyphenation: gum
Noun
gum m (plural gummen, diminutive gummetje n)
- An eraser.
Derived terms
- gummen
- kneedgum
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡùm/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɡʷʊ̀m]
Ideophone
gùm
- smelling bad
Alternative forms
- sùm
Icelandic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaumō (“attention, heed”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʏːm/
- Rhymes: -ʏːm
Noun
gum n (genitive singular gums, no plural)
- boasting, exaggeration
- Synonyms: gort, raup
Declension
Derived terms
- guma (“to boast, to exaggerate”)
References
Middle English
Noun
gum
- Alternative form of gumme
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡum/
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.
Sumerian
Romanization
gum
- Romanization of ???? (gum)
Turkmen
Noun
gum (definite accusative ?, plural ?)
- sand
Zazaki
Noun
gum ?
- (anatomy) cheek
English
Etymology
gum + wood
Noun
gumwood (plural gumwoods)
- Any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Commidendrum.
Anagrams
- wood gum