worm
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) IPA (key): /wɜːm/, SAMPA: /w3:m/
- (US) enPR: wûrm, IPA (key): /wɝm/, SAMPA: /w3`m/
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Noun
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- (countable) A tube-shaped animal with no legs that lives underground, under water, or inside another animal.
- He found a big worm to use for fishbait.
- They found a worm in his stomach.
- Worms must be eating him by now.
- They found a worm in the tree.
- (old, no longer used) A snake or dragon.
- Saint George fought the worm with all his strength.
- (countable) (computing) A worm is a type of dangerous software that can go across networks of computers.
Synonyms
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[change]Related words
[change]- (animal that lives inside another) parasite
- (animal that eats dead animals) maggot
- (any tube-shaped animal) inchworm, bookworm
Verb
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Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- To move like a worm; to wriggle in order to move.
- He wormed along the sand.