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gaums

gaums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gaum.

Meaning of gaum

Verb (1)

gaum (third-person singular simple present gaums, present participle gauming, simple past and past participle gaumed)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) To understand; comprehend; consider.
    • "We said nowt on 't. Ther' no 'casion to stir up trouble. But we all gaumed 'at when he heerd t' sounds o' them 'at com to lowse us he'd crawled off into t' workin's an' brayed his head agean a shou'der o' quartz."1893, Keighley Snowden, Tales of the Yorkshire Wolds, page 171

Verb (2)

gaum (third-person singular simple present gaums, present participle gauming, simple past and past participle gaumed)

  1. (Appalachia, Midlands, Southern US, UK, US, dialectal) To smear.
    • No, bubby, couldn't hev the wax. Gaum him all up so 't mammy 'd hafter nigh abaout skin him tu git him clean ag'in; […]1894, Rowland Evans Robinson, Danvis Folks, chapter VI, The Paring-Bee, page 117

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Questions about gaums

What is gaums the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gaums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gaum.

Words near gaums in the dictionary

  1. gaumish
  2. gaumless
  3. gaumlessness
  4. Gaumond
  5. Gaumonds
  6. gaums
  7. gaumy
  8. Gauna
  9. Gaunan
  10. Gaunas
  11. gaunch

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