gum

chewing-gum

Substance souple et sucrée qu’on mâche sans l’avaler.

En anglais simple : A soft, sweet substance that you chew but do not swallow.

• Would you like some gum?
• She chewed gum on the bus.
• I bought a packet of mint gum.

Synonymes : chewing gum

Expressions courantes : chew gum, sugarless gum, stick of gum

gencive

Chair ferme et rose qui entoure la base des dents.

En anglais simple : The firm pink flesh around the roots of your teeth.

• The gum around this tooth is sore.
• My gums bleed when I brush my teeth.
• The dentist checked her teeth and gums.

Synonymes : gingiva

Expressions courantes : sore gum, gum disease, gum tissue

gomme

Substance épaisse et collante provenant d’une plante ou d’un arbre, qui durcit en séchant.

En anglais simple : A thick, sticky substance from a plant or tree that becomes hard as it dries.

• Sticky gum covered the tree bark.
• They collected gum from several damaged branches.
• The gum hardened in the sun.

Expressions courantes : tree gum, natural gum, gum from trees

colle, gomme

Liquide épais et collant utilisé pour fixer des choses ensemble.

En anglais simple : A thick, sticky liquid used to make things stick together.

• Apply a little gum to the paper.
• The dried gum held the label in place.
• She sealed the envelope with gum.

Synonymes : glue, adhesive

Expressions courantes : liquid gum, gum on paper, bottle of gum

gomme végétale

Substance végétale collante qui durcit en séchant, se dissout dans l’eau et sert à épaissir ou lier des matières.

En anglais simple : A sticky plant substance that hardens when dry, dissolves in water, and is used to thicken or bind things.

• The paint contains gum arabic.
• This gum dissolves easily in water.
• They added plant gums to thicken the mixture.

Expressions courantes : gum arabic, acacia gum, dissolve gum

encrasser, entraver

Faire qu’une machine ou un processus fonctionne mal ou s’arrête.

En anglais simple : To make a machine or process work badly or stop working.

• Dirt can gum up the engine.
• The new rules gummed up the approval process.
• Old oil had gummed the valves up.

Comment l'utiliser : gum up something (Too much paperwork can gum up the whole process.)

Synonymes : clog, jam, disrupt

Expressions courantes : gum up something, gum things up

mâcher avec les gencives

Mâcher quelque chose avec les gencives, surtout quand on n’a pas de dents.

En anglais simple : To chew something using the flesh around your teeth, especially when you have no teeth.

• The baby gummed a soft biscuit.
• Our toothless dog was gumming a piece of bread.
• He could only gum the food without his dentures.

Synonymes : chew

Expressions courantes : gum something, gum a biscuit

encoller

Enduire quelque chose de colle pour le fixer à une autre surface.

En anglais simple : To cover something with a sticky substance so it will stick to another surface.

• Gum the edges of the paper.
• She gummed the labels before attaching them.
• The envelope flap was already gummed.

Synonymes : glue

Expressions courantes : gum an envelope, gum the edges