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Определение to gum в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: genitourinary medicine; a single piece of chewing gum
Do you have a gum I could have?.; To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal; chewing gum; any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants; To befoul, to complicate, to mess up. Normally used with "up"; To apply an adhesive or gum to; With up, to impair the functioning of a thing or process; {v} to close or smear with gum; {n} the juce of trees which becomes hard, is insipid and soluble in water, the substance inclosing the teeth; any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants; Gum is the "glue" used to seal the envelope flap closed for mailing Gum is not included with Inner envelopes; the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth; To exude or from gum; to become gummy; Gum is a substance, usually tasting of mint, which you chew for a long time but do not swallow. see also bubblegum, chewing gum; A rubber overshoe; 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; Gums are extracted from plants and used as a medium in certain techniques of painting For example, gum arabic, produced by a species of acacia, is used as a binding medium for watercolour and gouache paints, and for pastels It is also employed as a painting medium and as a selective varnish in the watercolour technique Unlike resins, gums are soluble in water and insoluble in oils or organic solvents They adhere best to a lean surface and can be emulsified with oils and resins, or intermixed with tempers and acrylic media; a water soluable substance that hardens when exposed to air that is used as a resinous binder in ink and varnish formulations; any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum; To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw); The adhesive found on the back of postage stamps; If two things are gummed together, they are stuck together. It is a mild infection in which a baby's eyelashes can become gummed together. = stuck. gummed gumming to stick things together using glue = glue gum sth to sth. abbreviation of Gosudarstvenny Universalny Magazin (Russian: "State Department Store") Largest department store in Russia. Situated in Moscow's Red Square, it occupies a huge, ornate building (constructed 1889-93) that once housed more than 1,000 shops. GUM now includes about 150 shops selling food, clothing, home appliances, watches and cameras, and many other goods. It functions more like a Western-style shopping mall than a department store and is a popular tourist attraction. In botany, an adhesive substance of vegetable origin, mostly obtained as exudate from the bark of trees or shrubs belonging to the pea family. Gum arabic (from a species of acacia) is used in lithography. Gum tragacanth (from several shrub species in the genus Astragalus) is used as a coating and binding agent in pill manufacture, as an emulsifier in processed foods, and as a thickener in sauces. Some plant gums are used in the manufacture of cosmetics. or gingiva Mucous-membrane-covered connective tissue attached to and surrounding the necks of the teeth and the alveolar bone of the jaw. The edges of the gums around the teeth are free and extend into the spaces between the teeth. Fibres of the ligament that holds the teeth in their sockets enter the gum and hold it tightly against the teeth. Pink, speckled, and tough, healthy gums have limited sensitivity to pain, temperature, and pressure. Changes in colour, loss of speckling, or abnormal sensitivity are early signs of gingivitis, in which pockets form between the gum and teeth and become infected, with inflammation, bleeding, and, in severe cases, loss of teeth. black gum sour gum chewing gum Gum Nebula; The adhesive used to secure the wrapper leaf around the bunch Always a vegetable gum; The mucilage applied to the backs of adhesive postage stamps, revenue stamps or envelope flaps Gum is an area of concern for stamp collectors It may crack and harm the paper of the stamp itself It may stain or adhere to other stamps or album pages under certain climatic conditions Many collectors are willing to pay extra for 19th- and some 20th-century stamps with intact, undisturbed original gum; It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber; The pink tissue around your teeth; Your gums are the areas of firm, pink flesh inside your mouth, which your teeth grow out of. The toothbrush gently removes plaque without damaging the gums. gum disease; The adhesive lining at the back of an unused stamp; A water soluble exudate consisting mainly of polysaccharides and used principally as a thickener and as a spray-dried carrier in the manufacture of water soluble fragrance and flavor compounds (Gum Arabic, Agar, etc ); Sword; 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; Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins; Adhesive for the hair; A vegetable adhesive used to secure the head of the wrapper leaf around the finished bunch; any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring; any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying; cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive; 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; The flesh round the teeth; See: Oleoresin; Gum is a type of glue that is used to stick two pieces of paper together. He was holding up a pound note that had been torn in half and stuck together with gum. + gummed gummed gummed labels; The sticky substance on the back of unused stamps or on the flap of Aerogrammes, Domestogrammes, or envelopes Stamps in mint condition have all their original gum; – A vegetable adhesive used to secure the head of the wrapper leaf around the finished bunch; {i} resin; rubber; chewing gum; sticky substance used as a glue; fleshy tissue which covers the bones of the jaw and the lower portions of the teeth; A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown; wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum; See Gum tree, below; a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing; {f} cause to stick together using an adhesive; stop up, block up; chew using the gums; The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws; grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"; exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"; A generic term for non-volatile viscous plant secretions, which either dissolve or swell up in contact with water