Synonyms

gummed

American

[guhmd] / gʌmd /

adjective

covered with a gummy substance.

Other Word Forms

ungummed adjective

Etymology

Origin of gummed

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; gum ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

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Instead my feet had gummed to the sidewalk as he handed her into the Ford and they drove away.

From Literature

That gummed up credit markets, tanked the value of money-market funds, and sent global stock markets into a tailspin.

From Barron's

It also could take a long time for Saudi Arabia to actually take possession of the jets and the process could get gummed up in Congress or derailed by other developments.

From The Wall Street Journal

That gummed up financing and logistics for Arctic LNG 2 and stopped South Korean shipbuilders from delivering to the project.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a memo to employees, Fiddelke said he was trying to clear up “complexity” that gummed up decision-making and made it harder to deliver on ideas, according to the Journal.

From MarketWatch

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