noun🔗ShareEncías(often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth."My gums bled a little after I flossed my teeth. "Mis encías sangraron un poco después de usar hilo dental.anatomyphysiologybodymedicineorganChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMasticarTo chew, especially of a toothless person or animal."The elderly dog, having lost most of its teeth, gums its soft food gently. "El perro anciano, habiendo perdido la mayoría de sus dientes, mastica suavemente su comida blanda.bodyphysiologyanimalfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAgrandar los espacios entre los dientes de (una sierra)To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.""The saw was cutting poorly, so the lumberjack had to gum the teeth to make it more efficient again." "La sierra cortaba mal, así que el leñador tuvo que agrandar los espacios entre los dientes para que volviera a ser más eficiente.technicalworkmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGomasAny of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants."The tree trunk was covered in hardened gums that oozed out when it was injured. "El tronco del árbol estaba cubierto de gomas endurecidas que rezumaban cuando se lesionaba.substanceplantmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGomas, gomas vegetalesAny viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants."The tree sap was a sticky gum, clinging to the boy's shirt after he climbed it. "La savia del árbol era una goma pegajosa, que se adhería a la camisa del niño después de que la trepó.substancematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareChicleChewing gum."The store sells many different flavors of gums. "La tienda vende muchos chicles de diferentes sabores.foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn chicleA single piece of chewing gum."Do you have a gum to spare?"¿Tienes un chicle para darme?foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGomitas(often in the plural) A gummi candy."My little sister loves to eat colorful gums shaped like bears after finishing her homework. "A mi hermanita le encanta comer gomitas coloridas con forma de ositos después de terminar su tarea.foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUna colmena hecha de una sección de un árbol de goma hueco; por lo tanto, cualquier colmena hecha toscamenteA hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive."The old farmer still kept bees in gums he had carved out of fallen gum trees, a practice passed down from his grandfather. "El viejo granjero todavía mantenía abejas en colmenas que había tallado de árboles de goma caídos, una práctica transmitida por su abuelo.agricultureanimalinsectnaturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTronco ahuecado, artesaA vessel or bin made from a hollow log."The family used the old log gums to store firewood. "La familia usaba los viejos troncos ahuecados para almacenar leña.utensilmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBotas de gomaA rubber overshoe.""My dad always wears his gums when he shovels snow so his shoes don't get wet." "Mi padre siempre usa sus botas de goma cuando quita la nieve para que sus zapatos no se mojen.wearitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEucaliptoA gum tree."We saw several tall gums along the road to the campsite. "Vimos varios eucaliptos altos a lo largo del camino al campamento.plantnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePegar, encolar(sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to."The carpenter gums the wood pieces together before assembling the table. "El carpintero pega las piezas de madera antes de ensamblar la mesa.materialsubstanceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEngomar, pegarTo stiffen with glue or gum."The spilled juice gums the pages of my notebook together. "El jugo derramado pega las páginas de mi cuaderno.materialsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePegar, unir(sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence."He gummed the construction paper stars together with so much glue that they barely resembled a cohesive mobile. "Pegó las estrellas de papel de construcción con tanta cola que apenas parecían un móvil cohesivo.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDeteriorar, obstaculizar(with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process."That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves."Ese aceite barato deteriorará las válvulas del motor.functionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
