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Definitions of gum
n. - The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws. ²
v. t. - To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer. ²
n. - A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. ²
n. - See Gum tree, below. ²
n. - A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. ²
n. - A rubber overshoe. ²
v. t. - 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. ²
v. i. - To exude or from gum; to become gummy. ²
- Alt. of copal ²

The word "gum" uses 3 letters: G M U.

Direct anagrams of gum:
  mug

Words formed by adding one letter before or after gum (in bold), or to gmu in any order:
a -   gaum   e -   geum   g -   mugg   l -   glum   r -   grum   s -   gums   mugs   smug  

Shorter words found within gum:
mu   um  

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