Read about gum disease (gingivitis) treatment, symptoms, stages, cures, and home remedies. Gum disease symptoms and signs include loose teeth, bad breath, and swollen, red, receding, and bleeding gums.
maim, cripple, mutilate, batter, mangle mean to injure so severely as to cause lasting damage. maim implies the loss or injury of a bodily member through violence. maimed by a shark; cripple implies the loss or serious impairment of an arm or leg. crippled for life in an accident
shim (third-person singular simple present shims, present participle shimming, simple past and past participle shimmed) 1  To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery. 2  To adjust something by using shims. ( 3 computing, transitive) To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.