ALL meanings of wormlike
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W w - noun wormlike Similar to a worm. 1
- noun wormlike Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids. 1
- noun wormlike (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 wormlike something resembling or suggesting a worm in appearance, movement, etc. 1
- noun wormlike Informal. a groveling, abject, or contemptible person. 1
- noun wormlike the spiral pipe in which the vapor is condensed in a still. 1
- noun wormlike (not in technical use) screw thread (def 1). 1
- noun wormlike screw conveyor. 1
- noun wormlike 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 wormlike something that penetrates, injures, or consumes slowly or insidiously, like a gnawing worm. 1
- noun wormlike 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 wormlike (used with a plural verb) Metallurgy. irregularities visible on the surfaces of some metals subject to plastic deformation. 1
- noun wormlike the lytta of a dog or other carnivorous animal. 1
- noun wormlike 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 wormlike to move or act like a worm; creep, crawl, or advance slowly or stealthily. 1
- verb without object wormlike to achieve something by insidious procedure (usually followed by into): to worm into another's favor. 1
- verb without object wormlike Metallurgy. craze (def 8a). 1
- verb with object wormlike 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 wormlike to get by persistent, insidious efforts (usually followed by out or from): to worm a secret out of a person. 1
- verb with object wormlike 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 wormlike to free from worms: He wormed the puppies. 1
- verb with object wormlike 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
- adjective wormlike Similar to that of a worm. 0
- adjective wormlike (chemistry, of the molecules of a polymer) Having a smoothly curved form when heated. 0