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List of synonyms from "gulps down" to synonyms from "gun for"


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Definition of the day : « gumming »

  • As in paste : noun glue, adhesive
  • As in plaster : verb spread, smear
  • As in seal : verb make airtight
  • As in bond : verb fasten; stick
  • As in cement : verb attach securely, often with sticky material
  • As in chew : verb grind with teeth
  • As in gnaw : verb bite, chew
Example sentences :
  • Sorry I had to be rough with him like that, Miss, but you saw he was gumming the game.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost Breaker » by Paul Dickey
  • Water is poured into the canoe and every point of exit marked for gumming.
  • Extract from : « All Afloat » by William Wood
  • They can mostly do perforating and gumming, odds and ends too.
  • Extract from : « Women in the Printing Trades. » by Various
  • The last process was the gumming of the seams to make them water-tight.
  • Extract from : « The Island of Yellow Sands » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
  • The gumming is done with the edge of the file while filing the front edges of the teeth.
  • Extract from : « Farm Mechanics » by Herbert A. Shearer
  • After gumming the saw a few times the teeth must become regular.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
  • If it is intended to gum the guards, the gumming should be attended to before the sewing.
  • Extract from : « Practical Bookbinding » by Paul Adam
  • Bluebell had been gumming it, and had left it on the table to dry.
  • Extract from : « Bluebell » by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
  • Before folding and gumming the top column, or lantern, together, windows must be cut out.
  • Extract from : « Toy-Making in School and Home » by Ruby Kathleen Polkinghorne and Mabel Irene Rutherford Polkinghorne
  • It can be weighted at H by gumming several strips of cardboard across or by affixing sealing-wax.
  • Extract from : « Toy-Making in School and Home » by Ruby Kathleen Polkinghorne and Mabel Irene Rutherford Polkinghorne