Meaning of Chum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks.
   Canada, US, uncountable
2. A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually.
3. A surname.
4. Synonym of chum salmon.
5. A temporary dwelling used by the nomadic Uralic reindeer herders of northwestern Siberia.
6. A friend; a pal.
   dated
7. A roommate, especially in a college or university.
   dated

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Examples

“He looked down upon the girl beside him—a daughter of the desert walking across the face⟳ of a dead world with a son of the jungle. He smiled at the thought. He wished that he had had a sister, and that she had been like⟳ this girl. What a bully chum she would have⟳ been!”

“That made Thad think⟳ of Mark⟳ Twain, and he wondered whether the illustrious Tom Sawyer and his chum, Huckleberry Finn, had ever arranged a more fetching reception committee than this one[…]”

“Looking at the backgrounds of the leading personalities in the Brexit drama, it is hard not to conclude⟳ that Britain has been led into crisis in large part by a bunch of old chums who spent the last⟳ year holed up in a political hall of mirrors, plotting with and scheming against one another.”

“Field had a 'chum,' or room-mate, whose visage was suggestive to the 'Sophs;' it invited experiment⟳; it held out opportunity for their peculiar deviltry.”

“Near-synonym: shark bait”

“The whale’s floating body also forms a chum slick on the surface—a trail of blood, oil, and chunks of fat and flesh that might stretch⟳ for miles across the water. […] This chum slick is what attracts sharks from afar. Seabirds are drawn to it too.”

“Most of us have⟳ seen the movie “Jaws”. Sheriff Brody is complaining about being the lucky one in charge of creating a chum line out of the back of the boat. The bucket is full of an awful combination of fish⟳ parts and blood. As he ladles scoop after scoop into the ocean, clearly, it was ^([sic]) working…”

“...self-supporting chum within the mould normally of corresponding and almost the same but lesser contour, whereby a space is provided between the chum and mould for the introduction of the powdered material and means for expanding the chum'.”

“He uses a round slab of clay, which he places on top of the chum and commences to thump down around the sides.”

“1921, A Survey and Analysis of the Pottery Industry, bulletin no. 67, trade⟳ and industrial series no. 20, Washington: Federal Board⟳ for Vocational Training. Chum,—A mold used on the whirler to hold⟳ ware for scraping and finishing.”

“Now that shapes were more uniform this was usually done on a horizontal lathe with the bowl automatically centred on a wooden chum This is a more useful method: it is used in making oval casseroles. The liner is made by spreading a bat and tehn forming it over a felt-covered chum, oval in shape⟳. Chum or chuck: Lathe attachment for holding pots during turning process⟳.”

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