Synonyms of the word

gingiva

• n. (anatomy) The gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone.

gum

• n. (often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.
• v. To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
• v. (transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
• n. (chiefly uncountable) Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
• n. (chiefly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
• n. (chiefly uncountable) Chewing gum.
• n. (countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
• n. (South Africa, often in the plural) A gummi candy.
• n. (US, dialect, Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
• n. (US, dialect, Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
• n. (US, dialect) A rubber overshoe.
• n. A gum tree.
• v. (sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
• v. To stiffen with glue or gum.
• v. (colloquial, with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.