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   worm

   /wəːm/

   noun

   • 1. any of a number of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long, slender soft bodies and no limbs.
   • ▪ an earthworm.
   • ▪ intestinal or other internal parasites: "she ate so much so often that I thought she had worms"
   • ▪ used in names of long, slender insect larvae, especially those in fruit or wood, e.g. armyworm, woodworm.
   • ▪ used in names of other animals that resemble worms in some way, e.g. slow-worm, shipworm.
   • ▪ a maggot regarded as eating corpses buried in the ground: "food for worms"
   • ▪ a dragon or other mythical snake-like reptile. archaic
   • 2. a weak or despicable person (often used as a general term of abuse): informal, derogatory "it was unbearable that such a worm could be so successful"
   • 3. a helical device or component.
   • ▪ the threaded cylinder in a worm gear.
   • ▪ the coiled pipe of a still in which the vapour is cooled and condensed.
   • 4. a self-replicating program able to propagate itself across a network, typically having a detrimental effect.

   verb

   • 1. move with difficulty by crawling or wriggling: "I wormed my way along the roadside ditch"
   • ▪ move (something) into a confined space by wriggling it: "I wormed my right hand between my body and the earth"
   • 2. insinuate one's way into: "you wormed your way into their lives"
   • ▪ obtain information from (someone) by cunning persistence: "I did manage to worm a few details out of him"
   • 3. treat (an animal) with a preparation designed to expel parasitic worms: "I wormed her over a course of three weeks"
   • 4. make (a rope) smooth by winding thread between the strands. archaic

   Word Origin Old Englishwyrm (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Latin vermis ‘worm’ and Greek rhomox ‘woodworm’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wormlike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   Any of various invertebrate animals having a soft, long body that is round or flattened and usually lacks limbs. The term worm is used variously to refer to the segmented worms (or annelids, such as the earthworm), roundworms (or nematodes), flatworms (or platyhelminths), and various other groups.

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   A worm is a long, slender, soft-bodied invertebrate or insect larva, or something that resembles one. Learn about different types of worms, their uses, and their meanings in various contexts.

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   A worm is a small, tube-shaped invertebrate with no arms or legs. The worms that hang out in your garden are very helpful, keeping the soil rich and fertile. Worm can be a contemptuous term for a weak person — and while most worms cause us no harm at all, there are dozens of worms that we'd be better off avoiding.