'WORM' definitions:
Definition of 'worm'
From: WordNet
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
noun
A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect [syn: worm, louse, insect, dirt ball]
noun
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"
noun
Screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
verb
Definition of 'Worm'
From: GCIDE
- Worm \Worm\ (w[^u]rm), n. [OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D. worm, OS. & G. wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth. wa['u]rms, L. vermis, Gr. ? a wood worm. Cf. Vermicelli, Vermilion, Vermin.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a murderer. --Tyndale (Acts xxviii.
- 3, 4). [1913 Webster]
- 'T is slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm, His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm. Specifically: (Zool.) (a) Any helminth; an entozoon. (b) Any annelid. (c) An insect larva. (d) pl. Same as Vermes. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse. [1913 Webster]
- The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A being debased and despised. [1913 Webster]
- I am a worm, and no man. --Ps. xxii. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm; as: (a) The thread of a screw. [1913 Webster]
- The threads of screws, when bigger than can be made in screw plates, are called worms. --Moxon. [1913 Webster] (b) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms. (c) (Anat.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta. (d) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still. (e) (Mach.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below. [1913 Webster]
- Worm abscess (Med.), an abscess produced by the irritation resulting from the lodgment of a worm in some part of the body.
- Worm fence. See under Fence.
- Worm gear. (Mach.) (a) A worm wheel. (b) Worm gearing.
- Worm gearing, gearing consisting of a worm and worm wheel working together.
- Worm grass. (Bot.) (a) See Pinkroot, 2 (a) . (b) The white stonecrop (Sedum album) reputed to have qualities as a vermifuge. --Dr. Prior.
- Worm oil (Med.), an anthelmintic consisting of oil obtained from the seeds of Chenopodium anthelminticum.
- Worm powder (Med.), an anthelmintic powder.
- Worm snake. (Zool.) See Thunder snake (b), under Thunder.
- Worm tea (Med.), an anthelmintic tea or tisane.
- Worm tincture (Med.), a tincture prepared from dried earthworms, oil of tartar, spirit of wine, etc. [Obs.]
- Worm wheel, a cogwheel having teeth formed to fit into the spiral spaces of a screw called a worm, so that the wheel may be turned by, or may turn, the worm; -- called also worm gear, and sometimes tangent wheel. See Illust. of Worm gearing, above. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Worm'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Worm'
From: GCIDE
- Worm \Worm\, v. t.
- 1. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by out. [1913 Webster]
- They find themselves wormed out of all power. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . wormed things out of me that I had no desire to tell. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b) . [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness. [1913 Webster]
- The men assisted the laird in his sporting parties, wormed his dogs, and cut the ears of his terrier puppies. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Naut.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope. [1913 Webster]
- Ropes . . . are generally wormed before they are served. --Totten. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
- To worm one's self into, to enter into gradually by arts and insinuations; as, to worm one's self into favor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'WORM'
From: Easton
- Worm
- Heb. sas (Isa. 51:8), denotes the caterpillar of the clothes-moth.
- The manna bred worms (tola'im), but on the Sabbath there was not any worm (rimmah) therein (Ex. 16:20, 24). Here these words refer to caterpillars or larvae, which feed on corrupting matter.
- These two Hebrew words appear to be interchangeable (Job 25:6; Isa. 14:11). Tola'im in some places denotes the caterpillar (Deut. 28:39; Jonah 4:7), and rimmah, the larvae, as bred from putridity (Job 17:14; 21:26; 24:20). In Micah 7:17, where it is said, "They shall move out of their holes like worms," perhaps serpents or "creeping things," or as in the Revised Version, "crawling things," are meant.
- The word is used figuratively in Job 25:6; Ps. 22:6; Isa. 41:14; Mark 9:44, 46, 48; Isa. 66:24.
Synonyms of 'worm'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amble,
- angleworm,
- animal,
- armyworm,
- beast,
- blast,
- blight,
- blighter,
- bollworm,
- bookworm,
- cancer,
- canker,
- claudicate,
- contort,
- corkscrew,
- cotton worm,
- crawl,
- creep,
- crinkle,
- cur,
- dog,
- dogtrot,
- drag,
- drag along,
- drag out,
- dry rot,
- earthworm,
- earworm,
- edge in,
- fireworm,
- fishworm,
- foist,
- fungus,
- go dead slow,
- go on tiptoe,
- go slow,
- grovel,
- gumshoe,
- helminth,
- hobble,
- hound,
- hyena,
- idle,
- inch,
- inch along,
- inchworm,
- infiltrate,
- insect,
- intort,
- jog-trot,
- laze,
- leech,
- limp,
- looper,
- lowlife,
- meander,
- measuring worm,
- mildew,
- mold,
- mongrel,
- mosey,
- moth,
- moth and rust,
- mucker,
- must,
- nematode,
- night crawler,
- nightwalk,
- nightwalker,
- no-good,
- pad,
- pest,
- pig,
- poke,
- poke along,
- polecat,
- prowl,
- pussyfoot,
- reptile,
- rot,
- rust,
- saunter,
- scallop,
- scrabble,
- scramble,
- screw,
- serpent,
- serpentine,
- shuffle along,
- sidle,
- silkworm,
- skunk,
- slink,
- smut,
- snake,
- sneak,
- squiggle,
- squirm,
- stagger along,
- steal,
- steal along,
- stroll,
- swine,
- swirl,
- tapeworm,
- tippytoe,
- tiptoe,
- toddle,
- toddle along,
- totter along,
- traipse,
- turn,
- tussah,
- twine,
- twirl,
- twist,
- twist and turn,
- varmint,
- vermin,
- viper,
- waddle,
- walk,
- webworm,
- whelp,
- whirl,
- whorl,
- wiggle,
- wind,
- wireworm,
- woodworm,
- work in,
- worm along,
- wring,
- writhe
Acronyms for 'WORM'
From: V.E.R.A.
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Words containing 'WORM'
- Wormed,
- Worming,
- can of worms,
- worm in,
- worm out of,
- Basket worm,
- Belly worm,
- Bladder worm,
- Brine worm,
- Clover worm,
- Cotton worm,
- Currant worm,
- Cystic worm,
- Diet of Worms,
- Flesh worm,
- Fruit worm,
- Gooseberry worm,
- Grain worm,
- Grape worm,
- Grugru worm,
- Guinea worm,
- Hair worm,
- Horsehair worm,
- Intestinal worm,
- Juniper worm,
- Meal worm,
- Measuring worm,
- Palisade worm,
- Palm worm,
- Palolo worm,
- Phlox worm,
- Potato worm,
- Ribborn worm,
- Ringed worm,
- Screw worm,
- Seat worm,
- Star worm,
- Stomach worm,
- Strawberry worm,
- Tank worm,
- Timber worm,
- Tobacco worm,
- Tomato worm,
- Truffle worm,
- Wood worm,
- Worm abscess,
- Worm fence,
- Worm gear,
- Worm gearing,
- Worm grass,
- Worm oil,
- Worm powder,
- Worm snake,
- Worm tea,
- Worm tincture,
- Worm wheel,
- annelid worm,
- army worm,
- beard worm,
- bladder worms,
- cabbage worm,
- caddice worm,
- caddis worm,
- corn worm,
- cranberry worm,
- dew worm,
- fishing worm,
- froth worm,
- grugru worms,
- nematode worm,
- oligochaete worm,
- parasitic worm,
- peanut worm,
- polychaete worm,
- polychete worm,
- proboscis worm,
- railroad worm,
- red worm,
- ribbon worm,
- segmented worm,
- tongue worm,
- trematode worm,
- velvet worm,
- vinegar worm,
- worm eaten,
- worm family,
- worm fish,
- worm genus,
- worm lizard,
- worm salamander,
- Galley-worm,
- Southern army worm,
- To worm one's self into,
- Worm-eaten,
- Worm-eatenness,
- Worm-shaped,
- Worm-shell,
- guinea worm disease,
- Thorn-headed worm,
- spiny-headed worm,
- thousand-legged worm