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gumming
樹膠分泌
Gum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gummed p. pr. & vb. n. Gumming.]
1. To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.
He frets like a gummed velvet. --Shak.
gum
n 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
4: cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an
adhesive [syn: glue, mucilage]
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]
v 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]