What is the meaning of gumming?

noun

  • Ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth.

verb

  • Cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum.
    • usage: "if you gum the tape it is stronger"
  • Grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty.
    • usage: "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
  • Become sticky.
  • Exude or form gum.
    • usage: "these trees gum in the Spring"
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