verbWord forms: -gums, -gumming or -gummed(transitive)
to remove gum from (a substance or object)
degum in American English
(diˈɡʌm)
transitive verbWord forms: -gummed, -gumming
1.
to free from gum
2.
to remove sericin from (silk filaments or yarn) by boiling in a soap solution; boil off
Derived forms
degummer
noun
Word origin
[1885–90; de- + gum1]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, foregut, seminar, toner, zoom