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Synonyms for gumming
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : guhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : gʌm |
Top 10 synonyms for gumming Other synonyms for the word gumming
- adhere
- bedaub
- besmear
- bind
- blend
- bond
- cement
- champ
- chaw
- coat
- cohere
- combine
- consume
- cork
- corrode
- cover
- crunch
- devour
- dispatch
- eat away
- erode
- fasten
- feast upon
- fix
- fuse
- gulp
- gum
- join
- manducate
- masticate
- merge
- mortar
- mucilage
- munch
- nibble
- overlay
- paste
- patch
- plaster
- plug
- quarantine
- rend
- ruminate
- scrunch
- seal
- secure
- segregate
- shut
- smudge
- solder
- spit
- stick
- stick together
- stickum
- stop
- stop up
- stopper
- unite
- waterproof
- wear
- weld
Définition of gumming
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 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
- Sorry I had to be rough with him like that, Miss, but you saw he was gumming the game.
- Extract from : « The Ghost Breaker » by Paul Dickey
- Water is poured into the canoe and every point of exit marked for gumming.
- Extract from : « All Afloat » by William Wood
- They can mostly do perforating and gumming, odds and ends too.
- Extract from : « Women in the Printing Trades. » by Various
- The last process was the gumming of the seams to make them water-tight.
- Extract from : « The Island of Yellow Sands » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
- The gumming is done with the edge of the file while filing the front edges of the teeth.
- Extract from : « Farm Mechanics » by Herbert A. Shearer
- After gumming the saw a few times the teeth must become regular.
- Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
- If it is intended to gum the guards, the gumming should be attended to before the sewing.
- Extract from : « Practical Bookbinding » by Paul Adam
- Bluebell had been gumming it, and had left it on the table to dry.
- Extract from : « Bluebell » by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
- Before folding and gumming the top column, or lantern, together, windows must be cut out.
- Extract from : « Toy-Making in School and Home » by Ruby Kathleen Polkinghorne and Mabel Irene Rutherford Polkinghorne
- It can be weighted at H by gumming several strips of cardboard across or by affixing sealing-wax.
- Extract from : « Toy-Making in School and Home » by Ruby Kathleen Polkinghorne and Mabel Irene Rutherford Polkinghorne
Antonyms for gumming
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