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ungumming

ungumming is the present participle and gerund of ungum.

Meaning of ungum

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

Questions about ungumming

What is ungumming the present participle and gerund of?
Ungumming is the present participle and gerund of ungum.

Words near ungumming in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ungumming (page history and authors); ungum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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