gum

Definition

Examples

Please do not chew gum during the client presentation.

Word Family

Synonyms

• chewing gumhaving a meaning similar to gum

Collocations

• Easy chewing gum
  to chewing gum, meaning to chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
• Medium gum disease
  to gum disease, meaning to cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
• Hard nicotine gum for cessation
  describing nicotine gum for cessation (an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide)
• Very Hard stick like gum to a shoe
  to stick like gum to a shoe, meaning to put, fix, force, or implant