worm

  • 51worm — 1. noun /wɜːm,wɝm/ a) A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum. Dont try to run away, you little worm! b) A contemptible or devious being. The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul! …

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  • 52Worm — Übername zu mnd. worm »jedes kriechende Geschöpf: Wurm, Insekt, Käfer; Schlange, Drache«. Heynricus Worm ist a. 1259 in Hannover bezeugt …

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  • 53worm — A Geordie Dictionary A dragon such as the Lambton Worm or Sockburn Worm. It is a Scandinavian word …

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  • 54worm — See: early bird catches the worm or early bird gets the worm …

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  • 55worm — A short, rotating shaft on which a helical groove has been cut, as in a gear arrangement in which such a shaft meshes with a toothed wheel. See ball worm recirculating ball worm and nut …

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  • 56worm — n. a repellent person, usually a male. □ Gad, you are a worm, Tom. □ I’d like Fred better if he wasn’t such a worm …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 57worm — see even a worm will turn the early bird catches the worm …

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  • 58worm in — {v. phr.} To insinuate oneself; penetrate gradually. * /By cultivating the friendship of a few of the prominent merchants, Peter hoped to worm his way into that exclusive elite of export magnates./ …

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  • 59worm in — {v. phr.} To insinuate oneself; penetrate gradually. * /By cultivating the friendship of a few of the prominent merchants, Peter hoped to worm his way into that exclusive elite of export magnates./ …

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  • 60Worm —    1) Heb. sas (Isa. 51:8), denotes the caterpillar of the clothes moth.    2) The manna bred worms (tola im), but on the Sabbath there was not any worm (rimmah) therein (Ex. 16:20, 24). Here these words refer to caterpillars or larvae, which… …

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