Transcription
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- [wurm]
- /wɜrm/
- /wɜːm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wurm]
- /wɜrm/
Definitions of worm word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of WORM Write-Once Read-Many 3
- noun worm Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids. 1
- noun worm (loosely) any of numerous small creeping animals with more or less slender, elongated bodies, and without limbs or with very short ones, including individuals of widely differing kinds, as earthworms, tapeworms, insect larvae, and adult forms of some insects. 1
- noun worm something resembling or suggesting a worm in appearance, movement, etc. 1
- noun worm Informal. a groveling, abject, or contemptible person. 1
- noun worm the spiral pipe in which the vapor is condensed in a still. 1
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Origin of worm
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English wyrm, dragon, serpent, worm; cognate with Dutch worm, German Wurm, Old Norse ormr; akin to Latin vermis
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Worm
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
worm popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for worm
noun worm
- sly — cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- boor — If you refer to someone as a boor, you think their behaviour and attitudes are rough, uneducated, and rude.
- bounder — If you call a man a bounder, you mean he behaves in an unkind, deceitful, or selfish way.
- clown — A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
- creep — When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
verb worm
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- cajole — If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time.
- entice — Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.
- induce — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
Antonyms for worm
noun worm
verb worm
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
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