ALL meanings of worm
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- 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
- noun worm (not in technical use) screw thread (def 1). 1
- noun worm screw conveyor. 1
- noun worm Also called worm screw. a rotating cylinder or shaft, cut with one or more helical threads, that engages with and drives a worm wheel. 1
- noun worm something that penetrates, injures, or consumes slowly or insidiously, like a gnawing worm. 1
- noun worm worms, (used with a singular verb) Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. any disease or disorder arising from the presence of parasitic worms in the intestines or other tissues; helminthiasis. 1
- noun Definition of worm in Technology (storage) (WORM) Any type of storage medium to which data can be written to only a single time, but can be read from any number of times. Typically this is an optical disk whose surface is permanently etched using a laser in order to record information. WORM media have a significantly longer shelf life than magnetic media and thus are used when data must be preserved for a long time. 1
- noun worm (used with a plural verb) Metallurgy. irregularities visible on the surfaces of some metals subject to plastic deformation. 1
- noun worm the lytta of a dog or other carnivorous animal. 1
- noun worm computer code planted illegally in a software program so as to destroy data in any system that downloads the program, as by reformatting the hard disk. 1
- verb without object worm to move or act like a worm; creep, crawl, or advance slowly or stealthily. 1
- verb without object worm to achieve something by insidious procedure (usually followed by into): to worm into another's favor. 1
- verb without object worm Metallurgy. craze (def 8a). 1
- verb with object worm to cause to move or advance in a devious or stealthy manner: The thief wormed his hand into my coat pocket. 1
- verb with object worm to get by persistent, insidious efforts (usually followed by out or from): to worm a secret out of a person. 1
- verb with object worm to insinuate (oneself or one's way) into another's favor, confidence, etc.: to worm his way into the king's favor. 1
- verb with object worm to free from worms: He wormed the puppies. 1
- verb with object worm Nautical. to wind yarn or the like spirally round (a rope) so as to fill the spaces between the strands and render the surface smooth. 1
- noun worm animal: invertebrate 1
- noun,plural worm intestinal parasites 1
- noun worm computer virus 1
- noun worm sneaky person 1
- transitive verb worm animal: treat for intestinal parasites 1
- transitive verb worm obtain sneakily 1
- noun worm A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum. 1
- countable noun worm A worm is a small animal with a long thin body, no bones and no legs. 0
- noun plural worm If animals or people have worms, worms are living in their intestines. 0
- verb worm If you worm an animal, you give it medicine in order to kill the worms that are living in its intestines. 0
- verb worm If you worm your way somewhere, you move there with difficulty, twisting or bending your body or making it narrow. 0
- verb worm If you say that someone is worming their way to success, or is worming their way into someone else's affection, you disapprove of the way that they are gradually making someone trust them or like them, often in order to deceive them or gain some advantage. 0
- singular noun worm If you call a person a worm, you are insulting them by saying that they have a very weak or unpleasant character and you have no respect for them. 0
- countable noun worm A worm is a computer program that contains a virus which duplicates itself many times in a network. 0
- noun worm any of various invertebrates, esp the annelids (earthworms, etc), nematodes (roundworms), and flatworms, having a slender elongated body 0
- noun worm any of various insect larvae having an elongated body, such as the silkworm and wireworm 0
- noun worm any of various unrelated animals that resemble annelids, nematodes, etc, such as the glow-worm and shipworm 0
- noun worm a gnawing or insinuating force or agent that torments or slowly eats away 0
- noun worm a wretched or spineless person 0
- noun worm anything that resembles a worm in appearance or movement 0
- noun worm a shaft on which a helical groove has been cut, as in a gear arrangement in which such a shaft meshes with a toothed wheel 0
- noun worm a spiral pipe cooled by air or flowing water, used as a condenser in a still 0
- noun worm any wormlike organ, structure, or part, such as the middle lobe of the cerebellum (vermis cerebelli) 0
- noun worm a program that duplicates itself many times in a network and prevents its destruction. It often carries a logic bomb or virus 0
- verb worm to move, act, or cause to move or act with the slow sinuous movement of a worm 0
- verb worm to make (one's way) slowly and stealthily; insinuate (oneself) 0
- verb worm to extract (information, a secret, etc) from by persistent questioning 0