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worm


Definition: Meaning of, worm in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / wəːm /

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worm worms
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  1. a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil
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  2. the young form of an insect, which looks like a short worm
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  3. have worms if a person or animal has worms, they have legless PARASITE s (= small creatures that eat their food or their blood) in their body
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  4. someone who you do not like or respect
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  5. a type of computer VIRUS that can make copies of itself and destroy information on computers that are connected to each other
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  6. the worm turns literary used to say that someone who normally obeys someone without complaining suddenly refuses to do this
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
worm wormed wormed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
worming worms
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  1. worm (your way) into/through etc something to move through a small place or a crowd slowly, carefully, or with difficulty
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  2. worm your way into somebody's affections/heart/confidence etc to gradually make someone love or trust you, especially by being dishonest
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  3. worm your way out of (doing) something to avoid doing something that you have been asked to do by making an excuse that is dishonest but clever
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  4. to give an animal medicine in order to remove PARASITE s that live inside it
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WORM


Definition: Meaning of, WORM in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / wəːm /

  • noun
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  1. write once, read many a CD on which information can be stored only once, but seen or used many times
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WORM used in phrases

  • Guinea worm (noun)
    1. parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
    2. a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
  • Guinea worm disease (noun)
    1. a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
  • annelid worm (noun)
    1. worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
  • beard worm (noun)
    1. slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom
  • bladder worm (noun)
    1. encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm
  • caddice worm (noun)
    1. larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris
  • dew worm (noun)
    1. terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
  • fishing worm (noun)
    1. terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
  • glow-worm (noun)
    1. an insect that produces a small amount of light from its body
  • measuring worm (noun)
    1. small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
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WORM used in phrasal verbs

  • worm out of (phrasal verb)
    1. worm something out of someone to gradually get information from someone who does not want to give it to you
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