Worm - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|wɜːrm|
Brit.
|wɜːm|
noun
- any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
- a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect (syn: insect, louse)
- a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
- a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect (syn: insect, louse)
- a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers
- screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rackverb
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) (syn: squirm, twist, wrestle, wriggle, writhe)
Extra examples
I often see worms in the garden.
We always used worms as bait for fishing.
He slowly wormed through the crowd.
He slowly wormed his way through the crowd.
You should have the dog vaccinated and wormed.
I am a worm today.
Even a worm will turn. посл.
...that old adage, “the early bird gets the worm”...
...a nodule on the leaf indicated that a worm had laid eggs there...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: worm
he/she/it: worms
present participle: worming
past tense: wormed
past participle: wormed
I/you/we/they: worm
he/she/it: worms
present participle: worming
past tense: wormed
past participle: wormed
noun
singular: worm
plural: worms
singular: worm
plural: worms
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