Antonyms for gummed


Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : guhmd
Phonetic Transcription : gÊŒmd


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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