Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Gum \Gum\, v. t. [imp. &. p. {Gummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gumming}.]
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 likke a gummed velvet.Shak.
Source : WordNet®
gummed
See {gum}
gummed
adj : treated with adhesive gum
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}]
[also: {gumming}, {gummed}]
gum
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}]