gummed - English-Spanish Dictionary

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gum /gʌm/ sustantivo

1. uncountable (glue) (BrE) goma f de pegar
1. uncountable (from plant) resina f

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gum
1 [gʌm]

I	nombre goma chewing gum, chicle
II	verbo transitivo pegar con goma

gum
2 [gʌm] n Anat encía

Compound Forms:
chewing gum	n	(sweetened gum for chewing)	chicle nm
I use chewing gum as a substitute for cigarettes when I'm trying to quit smoking.
		frml	goma de mascar nf
gum arabic	n	(gum of acacia tree: used as a binder)	goma arábiga nf
Watercolours are made from pigments bound with gum arabic.
gum disease	n	(dental infection which destroys gums)	piorrea nf
This toothpaste is more effective than that one in preventing gum disease.
			gingivitis nf
gum resin			resina de goma nf
gum tree	n	botánica	árbol del caucho nm
gum tree	n	botánica	gomero nm
gum tree	n	botánica: hevea brasiliensis	hevea nm
gum up	vi	(become sticky or stuck)	apelmazarse vpron
The paint was left out and after a day it started to gum up.
			pegotearse v pron
Con el calor los caramelos se ablandaron y se le pegotearon en el bolsillo.
gum up	vtr	(cause sth not to operate properly)	atascar v pron
The spilled orange juice caused the toy's gears to gum up.
Me cayó el café sobre el teclado y las teclas se atascaron.
			trabar v tr

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