Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chum

plural of chum

plural of Chum

(dated) A friend; a pal. / (dated) A roommate, especially in a college or university.

(pottery) A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually.

(intransitive) To share rooms with someone; to live together. / (transitive) To lodge (somebody) with another person or people. / (intransitive) To make friends; to socialize.

(fishing, transitive, intransitive) To cast chum into the water to attract fish.

(fishing, chiefly Canada, US) A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks

The chum salmon

present participle of chum