noun. An intimate friend or companion.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To be an intimate friend.

intransitive verb. To display good-natured friendliness.

intransitive verb. To share the same room, as in a dormitory.

noun. Bait usually consisting of oily fish ground up and scattered on the water.

intransitive verb. To scatter such bait in order to lure fish.

intransitive verb. To lure (fish) with such bait.

noun. A chum salmon.

To occupy the same room or chambers with another; be the chum of some one.

To put into the same room or rooms with another; put into common quarters.

Formerly, in some English prisons, to receive, as a new inmate, by a rough ceremony of initiation, beating him with staves, etc., and making him pay an entrance-fee, the whole being accompanied by masquerading and music: sometimes used with up.

noun. A bait, consisting usually of pieces of some oily fish, as the menhaden, commonly employed in the capture of bluefish.

noun. One who lodges or resides in the same chamber or rooms with another; a room-mate: especially applied to college students.

noun. Hence An intimate companion; a crony.

To fish with chum.

noun. A tent; a dwelling.

noun. In ceramics, a block upon which an unbaked vessel is fitted when attached to the lathe to be turned. See thrown-ware, under pottery.

noun. A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.

noun. a recent immigrant.

intransitive verb. To occupy a chamber with another.

noun. Chopped pieces of fish used as bait.

noun. A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water to attract predator fish, such as sharks.

verb. To cast chum into the water to attract fish.

noun. A friend; a pal.

noun. A roommate.

verb. To share rooms with; to live together.

verb. To make friends with; to socialize.

verb. To accompany.

noun. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

noun. bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish

noun. a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish

"She used the creature far more than Dorothy, as was natural and right enough; and had mounted it that day to escape what she called her chum's "everlasting fiddling.""

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bait  decoy  lure  salmon  

Brum  Krum  Mum  alum  become  

Buddy  classmate  colleague  companion  comrade  

ace  amigo  associate  associate with  assort with  

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