GUM

GUM

GUM is the name of the main department store in many cities of the former Soviet Union, known as State Department Store during the Soviet times. Similarly named stores were found in some Soviet republics and post-Soviet states. The most famous GUM is the large store in the Kitai-gorod part of Moscow facing Red Square. It is currently a shopping mall. Prior to the 1920s, the location was known as the Upper Trading Rows . Nearby, also facing Red Square, is a building very similar to GUM, known formerly as the Middle Trading Rows.

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Gum

Gum is a sap or other resinous material associated with certain species of the plant kingdom. This material is often polysaccharide-based and most frequently is associated with woody plants, particularly under the bark or as a seed coating. The polysaccharide material is typically of high molecular weight and most often highly hydrophilic or hydrocolloidal.

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gum

Noun

  1. The flesh round the teeth.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
  2. Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
  3. Chewing gum.
  4. A single piece of chewing gum.
    Do you have a gum to spare?
  5. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
  6. A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
  7. A rubber overshoe.

Verb

  1. To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
  2. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To apply an adhesive or gum to; to stiffen with gum.
  2. To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
    That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.
    The new editor can gum up your article with too many commas.


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