English Dictionary

gum

/ɡʌm/

verb

(sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to. / To stiffen with glue or gum. / (sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.

She likes to chew gum.

意味（1）

(sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.

However, Albert said in his audiotape and in his speech that a lever designed to release the lifeboat's block and tackle was gummed up with red paint.

意味（2）

To stiffen with glue or gum.

He frets like a gummed velvet.

意味（3）

(sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.

It consists in gumming together long strips of words [that] have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug.

意味（4）

(colloquial, with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.

That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.