Transcription
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- [wurm]
- /wɜrm/
- /wɜːm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wurm]
- /wɜrm/
Definitions of worming word
- noun worming Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids. 1
- noun worming (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 worming something resembling or suggesting a worm in appearance, movement, etc. 1
- noun worming Informal. a groveling, abject, or contemptible person. 1
- noun worming the spiral pipe in which the vapor is condensed in a still. 1
- noun worming (not in technical use) screw thread (def 1). 1
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Origin of worming
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
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Parts of speech for Worming
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
worming 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 worming
adjective worming
- dragging — marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex; transvestite.
- crawling — a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging
- groveling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- hobbling — to walk lamely; limp.
- inching — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
verb worming
- 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 worming
adjective worming
- standing — rank or status, especially with respect to social, economic, or personal position, reputation, etc.: He had little standing in the community.
- upright — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
- vertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
verb worming
- 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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