Antonyms for gummed

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb

Spell : guhmd

Phonetic Transcription : gʌmd

Definition of gummed

Origin : "resin," c.1300, from Old French gome "(medicinal) gum, resin," from Late Latin gumma, from Latin gummi, from Greek kommi "gum," from Egyptian kemai. As a shortened form of chewing gum, first attested 1842 in American English. The gum tree (1670s) was so called for the resin it exudes.

As in adhesive : adj sticking
As in paste : noun glue, adhesive
As in plaster : verb spread, smear
As in seal : verb make airtight
As in bond : verb fasten; stick
As in cement : verb attach securely, often with sticky material
As in chew : verb grind with teeth
As in gnaw : verb bite, chew

Example sentences :

This was the finger that had been gummed to bits by the Mekstrom infant back in Homestead.
Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith

Before starting, every broken seam and hole must be gummed over.
Extract from : « All Afloat » by William Wood

When I got that portmanteau back they were all there, gummed in, just as I had left them.
Extract from : « Trent's Trust and Other Stories » by Bret Harte

After twenty or so are fixed, the first one gummed down can be finished off.
Extract from : « Practical Taxidermy » by Montagu Browne

Pen and ink, cards, gummed labels or tags are put under your nose.
Extract from : « Riviera Towns » by Herbert Adams Gibbons

I pointed to what was evidently part of the gummed edge of the top of the envelope.
Extract from : « A Bid for Fortune » by Guy Boothby

Stuyvesant pressed the leaves and gummed them to their places in the book.
Extract from : « Stuyvesant » by Jacob Abbott

She wrote out labels at her desk and gummed them on the trunks.
Extract from : « Betty Vivian » by L. T. Meade

Then we went home and our brains throbbed and gummed up all night long.
Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch

Then bend into shape, and secure by means of strips of gummed tape or paper.
Extract from : « Toy-Making at Home » by Morley Adams

Synonyms for gummed

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