gum – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of gum

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to gum
Participle: gummed
Gerund: gumming

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of gum

Indicative

Present

Igum
yougum
he;she;itgums
wegum
yougum
theygum

Perfect

Ihave gummed
youhave gummed
he;she;ithas gummed
wehave gummed
youhave gummed
theyhave gummed

Past

Igummed
yougummed
he;she;itgummed
wegummed
yougummed
theygummed

Pluperfect

Ihad gummed
youhad gummed
he;she;ithad gummed
wehad gummed
youhad gummed
theyhad gummed

Future

Iwill gum
youwill gum
he;she;itwill gum
wewill gum
youwill gum
theywill gum

Future Perfect

Iwill have gummed
youwill have gummed
he;she;itwill have gummed
wewill have gummed
youwill have gummed
theywill have gummed

Subjunctive

Present

Igum
yougum
he;she;itgum
wegum
yougum
theygum

Perfect

Ihave gummed
youhave gummed
he;she;ithave gummed
wehave gummed
youhave gummed
theyhave gummed

Imperfect

Igummed
yougummed
he;she;itgummed
wegummed
yougummed
theygummed

Pluperfect

Ihad gummed
youhad gummed
he;she;ithad gummed
wehad gummed
youhad gummed
theyhad gummed

Conditional

Present

Iwould gum
youwould gum
he;she;itwould gum
wewould gum
youwould gum
theywould gum

Perfect

Iwould have gummed
youwould have gummed
he;she;itwould have gummed
wewould have gummed
youwould have gummed
theywould have gummed

Imperative

yougum
weLet's gum
yougum

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam gumming
youare gumming
he;she;itis gumming
weare gumming
youare gumming
theyare gumming

Perfect

Ihave been gumming
youhave been gumming
he;she;ithas been gumming
wehave been gumming
youhave been gumming
theyhave been gumming

Past

Iwas gumming
youwere gumming
he;she;itwas gumming
wewere gumming
youwere gumming
theywere gumming

Pluperfect

Ihad been gumming
youhad been gumming
he;she;ithad been gumming
wehad been gumming
youhad been gumming
theyhad been gumming

Future

Iwill be gumming
youwill be gumming
he;she;itwill be gumming
wewill be gumming
youwill be gumming
theywill be gumming

Future Perfect

Iwill have been gumming
youwill have been gumming
he;she;itwill have been gumming
wewill have been gumming
youwill have been gumming
theywill have been gumming

Conditional

Present

Iwould be gumming
youwould be gumming
he;she;itwould be gumming
wewould be gumming
youwould be gumming
theywould be gumming

Perfect

Iwould have been gumming
youwould have been gumming
he;she;itwould have been gumming
wewould have been gumming
youwould have been gumming
theywould have been gumming

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'gum'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'gum'

bum, fum, gam, gaum, gem, glum, gub, gun, gut, guy,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Cimbrian gaumo (“palate”), German Gaum, Gaumen (“palate”), Luxembourgish Gomm, Gumm (“palate”), Yiddish גומען (gumen, “palate”), Danish gumme (“gums”), Icelandic gómur (“gum”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gom (“palate”); also Latin hio (“to gape, yawn”), Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, “to gape, yawn”), Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”), Bulgarian зе́я (zéja, “to gape”), Czech zát, zet (“to gape”), Polish ziać (“to pant”), Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ, “to gape, yawn”), Serbo-Croatian зи́јати, zíjati (“to gape, yawn”), Ukrainian зя́яти (zjájaty, “to gape”), Tocharian A koy- (“mouth”), Tocharian B koyn (“mouth”). More at yawn. See: Danish 'gumme', Latin 'hio', Bulgarian 'зе́я', Polish 'ziać', Russian 'зия́ть', Ukrainian 'зя́яти'.

Sample Sentences

  • However, Albert said in his audiotape and in his speech that a lever designed to release the lifeboat's block and tackle was gummed up with red paint. [2012, Julie Hedgepeth Williams, A Rare Titanic Family: The Caldwells' Story of Survival, →ISBN, page 184:]
  • He frets like a gummed velvet. [c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:]
  • It consists in gumming together long strips of words [that] have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug. [1946, George Orwell, Politics and the English Language:]
  • That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.
  • The new editor can gum up your article with too many commas.