bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish
a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish
A friend; a pal.
A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks
A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually.
In plain English: A chum is a tool that holds clay securely while it's being shaped.
"The potter carefully secured the wet clay within the wooden chum before setting the wheel in motion."
Usage: This noun refers specifically to a roughly shaped mound of clay used as support during pottery making-typically with a spinning wheel or lathe. It's a technical term primarily found in ceramics contexts.
To share rooms with someone; to live together.
To cast chum into the water to attract fish.
In plain English: To chum is to throw fish parts or other bait into the water to lure fish.
"The fishermen chummed the water before dropping their lines."
Usage: Chum (verb) refers specifically to scattering oily fish parts or bait into the water to lure larger fish - it's a fishing technique, not just any kind of feeding. Don't use "chum" to describe general friendship; that would be "chums."
A surname.