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worm
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- pronunciation:
- wuhrm
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
an animal with a long, thin, round or flat body. Worms have no legs and move by creeping or crawling. Worms are invertebrates and have no backbone.
The robin flew back to its nest, holding a long worm in its beak for the baby birds.
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| definition 2: |
(plural; used with a singular verb) a disease caused by worms, or other animals that look like worms, living as parasites inside other animals.
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
worms, worming, wormed |
| definition 1: |
to make one's way slowly or by a winding route.
The puppy wormed through people's legs under the table. |
| definition 2: |
to get by tricky means (usually followed by "out").
He tried to worm out of his chores. |
| definition 3: |
to cause or make by moving in a winding, indirect route.
The motorcycle wormed its way through heavy traffic. |
| definition 4: |
to find out by tricky means (usually followed by "out" or "from").
She couldn't worm the secret plans out of him. |
| definition 5: |
to treat or cure the disease caused by worms.
The veterinarian wormed our cat. |
| related words: |
edge |
| derivations: |
wormlike (adj.), wormer (n.) |
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worms influence |
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agriculture, compost, soil |
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broader categories that include worms |
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animal, invertebrate |
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produced by worms |
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cocoon, eggs |
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similar to a worm |
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caterpillar, centipede, inchworm |
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some behaviors of worms |
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burrowing, contracting, crawling, creeping, digging, stretching, sucking, swimming |
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some examples of worms |
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earthworm, leech |
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some parts of worms |
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bristle, fin, tentacles |
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some places worms are found |
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burrow, host, intestines, mud, ocean, sand, soil, water, wood |
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some things that worms eat |
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blood, grass, leaf, plants, wheat, wood |
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