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Gumming

//ˈɡʌmɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of chewing without teeth. countable, uncountable

    "We give teething babies ABC books made of materials that can withstand repeated gummings."

  2. 2
    ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) wordnet
  3. 3
    The manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal. countable, historical, uncountable
  4. 4
    The act of fastening with gum, especially the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Synonym of gummosis (“plant disease”). countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of gum form-of, gerund, participle, present

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