gum
The flesh around the teethThe flesh around the teeth.
» Your gums are in bad shape.
Dein Zahnfleisch ist in schlechtem Zustand.
Ihr Zahnfleisch ist in schlechtem Zustand.
Ваши дёсны в плохом состоянии.
Ваші ясна в поганому стані.
Meaning
10 senses(in the plural, often)The flesh around the teeth.
Zahnfleisch
десна́desná
я́снаjásna
(uncountable)A viscous water-soluble carbohydrate exudate of certain plants that hardens when it becomes dry, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate.
gum arabic
gum-oleo-resin
Kautschuk
камедьkamedʹ, смолаsmola
камедьkamedʹ, ґлейglej
any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
(uncountable)Any viscous or sticky substance resembling the true gum.
gum benzoin
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
(uncountable)Chewing gum.
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
(countable)A single piece of chewing gum.
Do you have a gum to spare?
Kaugummi
жвачкаžvačka
жуйкаžujka, гумкаhumka
(South Africa, countable, in the plural, often, uncountable)A gummi candy.
(Southern US, US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
(Southern US, US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
(US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A rubber overshoe.
(countable, uncountable)A gum tree.
Examples
155 sentencesYour gums are in bad shape.
Ваші ясна в поганому стані. — deniko
ruВаши дёсны в плохом состоянии. — Wayawa
deDein Zahnfleisch ist in schlechtem Zustand. — sigfrido
Do your gums bleed?
У вас ясна кровоточать? — aandrusiak
ruУ тебя кровоточат дёсны? — odexed
deHaben Sie Zahnfleischbluten? — xtofu80
Tom is chewing gum.
Том жує жувальну гумку. — deniko
ruТом жуёт жвачку. — odexed
Do you have any gum?
У тебе є жувальна гумка? — deniko
ruУ тебя нет жвачки? — sharptoothed
deHast du Kaugummis? — al_ex_an_der
I'm chewing gum.
Я жую гумку. — deniko
ruЯ жую жвачку. — marafon
deIch kaue Kaugummi. — MisterTrouser
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palFrom Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”).
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”). Doublet of gumma.
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Forms
plural: gumsSynonyms
6 synonyms- the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth:gingiva
- a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing:chewing gum
- any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum:gum tree
- wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum:gumwood
- cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive:gluemucilage