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ALL meanings of worm

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  • verb worm to free from or purge of worms 0
  • verb worm to wind yarn around (a rope) so as to fill the spaces between the strands and render the surface smooth for parcelling and serving 0
  • noun acronym worm write once read many times: an optical disk that enables users to store data but not change it 0
  • noun worm any of many slender, soft-bodied animals, some segmented, that live by burrowing underground, in water, or as parasites, including the annelids, nemerteans, nematodes, platyhelminths, acanthocephalans, and gordian worms 0
  • noun worm an insect larva, as a caterpillar, grub, or maggot 0
  • noun worm any of several mollusks, as the shipworms 0
  • noun worm any of various wormlike animals, as a rotifer or a blindworm 0
  • noun worm a snake, or serpent 0
  • noun worm an abject, wretched, or contemptible person 0
  • noun worm something that gnaws or distresses one inwardly, suggesting a parasitic worm 0
  • noun worm something thought of as being wormlike because of its spiral shape, etc. 0
  • noun worm the thread of a screw 0
  • noun worm the coil of a still 0
  • noun worm an Archimedean screw or similar apparatus 0
  • noun worm a short, rotating screw that meshes with the teeth of a worm gear or a rack 0
  • noun worm any organ or part resembling a worm, as the vermiform process 0
  • noun worm an unauthorized, disruptive program, typically spread through communication lines, that creates copies of itself, thereby depleting a disk's or system's available memory 0
  • noun worm any disease or disorder caused by the presence of parasitic worms in the intestines, etc. 0
  • noun worm lytta 0
  • intransitive verb worm to move, proceed, etc. like a worm, in a winding, creeping, or devious manner 0
  • verb transitive worm to bring about, make, etc. in a winding, creeping, or devious manner 0
  • verb transitive worm to insinuate (oneself) into a situation, conversation, etc. 0
  • verb transitive worm to extract (information, secrets, etc.) by insinuation, cajolery, or subtle questioning 0
  • verb transitive worm to purge of intestinal worms 0
  • verb transitive worm to wind yarn or small rope around (a rope or cable), filling the spaces between the strands 0
  • verb transitive worm to rid (tobacco plants) of worms or grubs 0
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