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GUMMED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gummed mean?
• GUMMED (adjective)
The adjective GUMMED has 1 sense:
1. covered with adhesive gum
Familiarity information: GUMMED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Covered with adhesive gum
Synonyms:
gummed; gummy
Similar:
adhesive (tending to adhere)
Context examples
And the flap has been gummed, if I am not very much in error, by a person who had been chewing tobacco.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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