gum up
gum up · gums up · gummed up · gumming up
vermasseln
To become gooey or gummyTo become gooey or gummy.
» Excessive regulations can gum up the economy.
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3 senses(intransitive)To become gooey or gummy.
Some types of lubricating grease gum up as they age.
(transitive)To cause to be gooey or gummy, especially with the effect of obstructing the operation of some mechanism or process.
Aging grease had gummed up the record changer.
vermasseln
(broadly, idiomatic, transitive)To make non-functional; to interfere with or put into a state of disorder; to ruin.
More definitions
- stick together as if with gum
Examples
2 sentencesExcessive regulations can gum up the economy.
Dust in the gears gummed up the machine.
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
To cause to be gooey or gummy, especially with the effect of obstructing the operation of some mechanism or process:
Forms
gums up, gumming up, gummed up, gummed up| Base form | gum up · to gum up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | gums up |
| Present participle | gumming up |
| Past simple | gummed up |
| Past participle | gummed up |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb