gum vs spoke

gum

noun
  • A rubber overshoe. 

  • Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants. 

  • Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants. 

  • A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive. 

  • A single piece of chewing gum. 

  • A vessel or bin made from a hollow log. 

  • A gummi candy. 

  • Chewing gum. 

  • A gum tree. 

  • The flesh around the teeth. 

verb
  • To impair the functioning of a thing or process. 

  • To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to. 

  • To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal. 

  • To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer. 

  • To stiffen with glue or gum. 

  • To inelegantly attach into a sequence. 

spoke

noun
  • A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill. 

  • A projecting handle of a steering wheel. 

  • A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. 

  • A rung of a ladder. 

  • One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation. 

verb
  • simple past tense of speak 

  • To furnish (a wheel) with spokes. 

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