gum
verb/ɡʌm/
/ɡʌm/
(old-fashioned)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they gum | /ɡʌm/ /ɡʌm/ |
| he / she / it gums | /ɡʌmz/ /ɡʌmz/ |
| past simple gummed | /ɡʌmd/ /ɡʌmd/ |
| past participle gummed | /ɡʌmd/ /ɡʌmd/ |
| -ing form gumming | /ˈɡʌmɪŋ/ /ˈɡʌmɪŋ/ |
- gum A to B | gum something (down) to spread glue on the surface of something; to stick two things together with glue
- A large address label was gummed to the package.
Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French gomme, based on Latin gummi, from Greek kommi, from Egyptian kemai.
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