- 1gum A to B gum something (down) (rather old-fashioned) to spread glue on the surface of something; to stick two things together with glue A large address label was gummed to the package. gummed labels (= with glue on one side)
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- 2gum something chew something without teeth, like a baby The baby gummed the toy all morning. Phrasal Verbsgum up
gum
verbNAmE//ɡʌm//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they gum he / she / it gums
past simple gummed
-ing form gumming
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