gumming (See gum)
Dictionary Definition
Noun
1 a preparation (usually made of sweetened
chicle) for chewing [syn: chewing
gum]
2 the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the
jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth [syn: gingiva]
3 any of various substances (soluble in water)
that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but
harden on drying
5 wood or lumber from any of various gum trees
especially the sweet gum [syn: gumwood]
6 any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus
or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum [syn: gum tree]
Verb
1 grind with the gums; chew without teeth and
with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled
his food" [syn: mumble]
2 exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the
Spring" [also: gumming,
gummed]gumming n :
ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) [syn: mumbling]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
gumming- present participle of gum