worm

  • 21worm — aga·ve·worm; arrow·worm; cad·dis·worm; car·pen·ter·worm; de·worm; eace·worm; hag·worm; lind·worm; slow·worm; worm; worm·er; worm·ish; worm·less; worm·ling; …

    English syllables

  • 22worm — n. & v. n. 1 any of various types of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long slender bodies and no limbs, esp. segmented in rings or parasitic in the intestines or tissues. 2 the long slender larva of an insect, esp. in fruit or wood …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 23worm — v. 1) (d; tr.) to worm into (how did they worm their way into the meeting?) 2) (d; intr., tr.) to worm out of (to worm out of an obligation; to worm information out of smb.) 3) (misc.) to worm one s way into smb. s confidence * * * [wɜːm] (misc.) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 24worm — worm1 [ wɜrm ] noun * 1. ) count a creature with a long soft body and no bones or legs a ) count an insect that looks like a worm b ) worms plural small creatures that look like worms and live inside the body of a person or animal and make them… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 25worm — /wɜm / (say werm) noun 1. Zoology any of the long, slender, soft bodied bilateral invertebrates including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, and annelids. 2. (in popular language) any of numerous small creeping animals with… …

  • 26Worm — A worm is a common name given to a diverse group of invertebrate animals that have a long, soft body and no legs. There are hundreds of thousands of species of worms, 2,700 of these are earthworms. Animals which are commonly called worms include… …

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  • 27worm — I UK [wɜː(r)m] / US [wɜrm] noun Word forms worm : singular worm plural worms * 1) [countable] a creature with a long soft body and no bones or legs a) [countable] an insect that looks like a worm b) worms [plural] small creatures that look like… …

    English dictionary

  • 28WORM — Write Once Read Many Write Once Read Many (WORM) est une technologie associée à certains supports de stockage non effaçables. Ces supports permettent l écriture de données mais ne permettent pas l effacement. Il est donc possible d écrire une… …

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  • 29worm — worm1 [wə:m US wə:rm] n [: Old English; Origin: wyrm snake, worm ] 1.) a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil →↑earthworm, ↑lugworm 2.) the young form of an insect, which looks like a short worm →↑glow worm …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30worm — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)m[/t]] worms, worming, wormed 1) N COUNT A worm is a small animal with a long thin body, no bones and no legs. 2) N PLURAL If animals or people have worms, worms are living in their intestines. 3) VERB If you worm an animal, you give… …

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