[{"word":"gumming","phonetic":"/ˈɡʌmɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈɡʌmɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To stiffen with glue or gum.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of chewing without teeth.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The manual removal of clay, or \"gum\", from cut coal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The act of fastening with gum, especially the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A disease marked by a discharge of gum, affecting stone fruit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gum","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gumming"]}]