worm

Definitions of worm in various dictionaries:

noun - any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes

noun - a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

noun - a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network

noun - screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

verb - to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

Any of various invertebrates, as those of the phyla Annelida, Nematoda, Nemertea, or Platyhelminthes, having a long, flexible, rounded or flattened body, often without obvious appendages.

Any of various crawling insect larvae, such as a grub or a caterpillar, having a soft, elongated body.

Any of various unrelated animals, such as the shipworm or the slowworm, resembling a worm in habit or appearance.

Something, such as the thread of a screw or the spiral condenser in a still, that resembles a worm in form or appearance.

The spirally threaded shaft of a worm gear.

An insidiously tormenting or devouring force: “felt the black worm of treachery growing in his heart” (Mario Puzo).

A person regarded as pitiable or contemptible.

A program that replicates itself and interferes with software function or destroys stored information.

To make (one’s way) with or as if with the sinuous crawling motion of a worm.

To work (one’s way or oneself) subtly or gradually; insinuate: She wormed her way into his confidence.

To elicit by artful or devious means.

To cure of intestinal worms.

To wrap yarn or twine spirally around (rope).

To move in a manner suggestive of a worm.

To make one’s way by artful or devious means: He can’t worm out of this situation.

verb - to rid of worms (small, limbless invertebrates)

WORM - Worms are many different distantly related animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body and no limbs. Worms vary in size from micro...