worm
/wɝm/noun, verb1 syllable
Worm means: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling).
Synonyms for worm9
noun, as in a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
verb, as in to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
What does worm mean?5
verb
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)“The prisoner writhed in discomfort”
noun
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
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 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 rack
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with worm?6
Worm in a sentence
- O, lady, the glow-worm figurates my valour.remline
- The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.always
- A slow-worm is a limbless lizard, not a snake.wallebot
- The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese!mramosch
- Hookworm is a worm, a parasite of man, that sticks to the small intestine.LB
- Tread on a worm, and it will turn.carlosalberto
- The grave is cold and lonely, save for the worms.flomper
- Ducks feed on worms, crustaceans, aquatic insects, and algae.guavalava
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of worm
as a noun
- plural
- worms
as a verb
- past tense
- wormed
- present participle
- worming
- third-person singular
- worms
- past participle
- wormed