Heavy rain hit Utah County for a second consecutive day Tuesday, bringing with it flooded roads, accidents and mudslides.
Verb. 1. gum up-stick together as if with gum; the inside of the pipe has gummed up. clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke-become or cause to become obstructed; The leaves clog our drains in the Fall; The water pipe is backed up. verb.
Because it is made of rubber. Natural rubber is made from the sap of the rubber tree. It is called latex, and it is a white sap similar to that of milkweed plants and dandelions. The word gum refers to the sap of plants, and gums are used for sealing envelopes and gluing things together. Bubble gum and chewing gums these days are made from the sap of the manilkara chicle tree. The sap itself is just called chicle. It was once used as a substitute for natural rubber, but is now mainly used for chewing gums. The name for one brand of chewing gum, Chiclets, comes from the word for the raw sap.