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worm

pronunciation:: wuhrm
parts of speech:: noun, verb
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part of speech:	noun
definition 1:	A worm is a small animal with no legs and no bones. A worm's body is long and thin and often looks like a small tube. Birds and fish like to eat worms. Worms live in water or on land. After it rains, you can usually see worms on the sidewalk.
definition 2:	"Worms" is a disease caused by certain kinds of worms that can live inside the body of people or animals. Our dog takes a kind of medicine to prevent him from getting worms.

part of speech:	verb
inflections:	worms, worming, wormed
definition:	If someone worms their way through a crowd, they move in a winding way around a lot of different people as they go. The motorcycle wormed its way through the heavy traffic.
derivations:	wormlike (adj.), wormer (n.)

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	worms influence
	agriculture, compost, soil
	broader categories that include worms
	animal, invertebrate
	produced by worms
	cocoon, eggs
	similar to a worm
	caterpillar, centipede
	some behaviors of worms
	crawling, creeping, digging, stretching, sucking, swimming
	some examples of worms
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	some parts of worms
	fin, tentacles
	some places worms are found
	burrow, host, intestines, mud, ocean, sand, soil, water, wood
	some things that worms eat
	blood, grass, leaf, plants, wheat, wood

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