Synonyms of the word

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.

apply

• v. (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another).
• v. (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate;…
• v. (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the…
• v. (transitive) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
• v. (transitive) To betake; to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
• v. (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of…
• v. (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
• v. (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
• v. (obsolete) To visit.
• adj. Alternative spelling of appley.

cement

• n. (countable, uncountable) A powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with…
• n. (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like…
• n. (uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive properties.
• n. (figuratively) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
• n. (anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
• v. (transitive) To affix with cement.
• v. (transitive) To overlay or coat with cement.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To unite firmly or closely.
• v. (figuratively) To make permanent.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

chew

• v. To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break…
• v. To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
• v. (informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
• n. The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
• n. A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
• n. (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
• n. (countable or uncountable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.

confection

• n. A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar,…
• n. The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
• n. The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
• n. (dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition…
• n. (dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious,…
• n. (pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
• v. To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.

exudate

• n. A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.
• v. (obsolete) To exude.

exudation

• n. The act or process of exuding.
• n. Something that is exuded.

exude

• v. To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

gingiva

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

glue

• n. A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive…
• n. (obsolete) Birdlime.
• v. (transitive) To join or attach something using glue.
• v. (transitive) To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.

gumwood

• n. Any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Commidendrum.

jaw

• n. One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
• n. The part of the face below the mouth.
• n. (figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth…
• n. A notch or opening.
• n. A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
• n. One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing…
• n. (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
• n. (slang, dated) Impudent or abusive talk.
• n. (slang) Axle guard.
• n. (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
• v. (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
• v. (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
• v. (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
• adj. (used in certain set phrases like jaw harp, jaw harpist and jaw's-trump).

manducate

• v. (literary) to chew; to masticate.
• v. (literary) to eat.

masticate

• v. (transitive) To chew (food).
• v. (transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp.

mucilage

• n. A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.

mumble

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
• v. To chew something gently with closed lips.
• n. A quiet or unintelligible vocalization.
• n. A low tone of voice.

ooze

• n. Potion of vegetable matter used for leather tanning.
• n. Secretion, humour.
• n. A thick often unpleasant liquid; muck.
• n. A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous…
• v. (intransitive) To be secreted or slowly leak.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To give off a sense of (something).
• n. Soft mud, slime, or shells on the bottom of a body of water.
• n. A piece of soft, wet, pliable turf.
• n. The liquor of a tanning vat.

sweet

• adj. Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
• adj. Having a taste of sugar.
• adj. Containing a sweetening ingredient.
• adj. (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
• adj. Not having a salty taste.
• adj. Having a pleasant smell.
• adj. Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
• adj. Having a pleasant sound.
• adj. Having a pleasing disposition.
• adj. Having a helpful disposition.
• adj. (mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
• adj. (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
• adj. (informal, followed by on) Romantically fixated, enamored (followed by with), fond (followed by of).
• adj. (obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.
• adj. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
• adv. In a sweet manner.
• n. (uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
• n. (countable, Britain) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
• n. (countable, Britain) A food eaten for dessert.
• n. sweetheart; darling.
• n. (obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
• n. (obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.

transude

• v. To pass through a pore, membrane or interstice.

tree

• n. A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, with a single trunk which…
• n. Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense:…
• n. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
• n. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
• n. The structural frame of a saddle.
• n. (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n vertices and…
• n. (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
• n. (graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and…
• n. Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
• n. The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
• n. (informal) Marijuana.
• n. (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
• n. (obsolete) wood; timber.
• n. (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal…
• v. (transitive) To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
• v. (transitive) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.

wood

• n. (uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a…
• n. (countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
• n. (countable) A forested or wooded area.
• n. Firewood.
• n. (countable, golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
• n. (music) A woodwind instrument.
• n. (uncountable, slang) An erection of the penis.
• n. (chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.
• v. (transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
• v. (transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
• v. To take or get a supply of wood.
• adj. (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
• n. (US, sometimes offensive, chiefly prison slang, of a person) A peckerwood.