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ungum

ungum verb: to remove the gum from.

Verb

ungum (third-person singular simple present ungums, present participle ungumming, simple past and past participle ungummed)

  1. (transitive) To remove the gum from.
    • to ungum silk so that it can be spun
    • to ungum one's eyes after waking up

Forms of ungum

third-person singular presentungums
present participleungumming
past participleungummed
pastungummed

Origin of ungum

From un- + gum.

Questions about ungum

What does ungum mean?
Ungum means to remove the gum from.
What part of speech is ungum?
Ungum is a verb.
What is the past tense of ungum?
The past tense of ungum is ungummed.

Words near ungum in the dictionary

  1. ungulinid
  2. ungulinids
  3. ungulled
  4. ungulous
  5. ungulped
  6. ungum
  7. ungummed
  8. ungumming
  9. ungummy
  10. ungums
  11. ungunk

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