Wormed

WORM

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worm (wûrm)

1. 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.

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

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

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

b. The spirally threaded shaft of a worm gear.

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

6. A person regarded as pitiable or contemptible.

7. worms Pathology Infestation of the intestines or other parts of the body with worms or wormlike parasites; helminthiasis.

8. Computer Science A malicious program that replicates itself until it fills all of the storage space on a drive or network.

v. wormed, worm·ing, worms

v.tr.

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

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

3. To elicit by artful or devious means. Usually used with out of: wormed a confession out of the suspect.

4. To cure of intestinal worms.

5. Nautical To wrap yarn or twine spirally around (rope).

v.intr.

1. To move in a manner suggestive of a worm.

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

[Middle English, from Old English wurm, variant of wyrm; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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angleworm annelid worm class Oligochaeta corn worm dew worm dracunculiasis earthworm fishing worm fishworm food for fishes guinea worm Guinea worm disease helminth helminthology invertebrate nightcrawler nightwalker oligochaete oligochaete worm	Under an assumed name I have wormed myself into its service for revenge; and as there is a heaven above us, I will have its heart's blood Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context She came to this house to entreat my husband's interference, and before I could be aware of it, everything that you could wish to be concealed was known to him, and unluckily she had wormed out of Mainwaring's servant that he had visited you every day since your being in town, and had just watched him to your door herself Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context When the doctor had wormed this secret from him on the afternoon of the attack, and when next morning he saw the anchorage deserted, he had gone to Silver, given him the chart, which was now useless--given him the stores, for Ben Gunn's cave was well supplied with goats' meat salted by himself--given anything and everything to get a chance of moving in safety from the stockade to the two-pointed hill, there to be clear of malaria and keep a guard upon the money. Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context	worm conveyor worm family worm fence worm fish worm gear Worm gearing worm genus Worm grass worm lizard Worm oil worm powder worm salamander worm screw worm snake Worm tea Worm tincture worm wheel worm's eye view worm's-eye view worm-eaten Worm-shaped Worm-shell worm’s-eye view Wormal wormcast Wormed wormery wormfly wormgrass wormhole Wormian Wormian bone Wormian bones Wormil worming worming tablet wormlike Wormling Worms wormseed wormseed mustard Wormul wormwood Wormwood hare wormwood oil wormwood sage wormy worn Worn land worn out worn spot	worm snake worm snakes worm snakes Worm Systematics Resource Network Worm tea Worm tincture worm turned worm way into worm way into worm way into worm wheel worm wheel worm's eye view worm's-eye view worm's-eye views worm-eaten worm-like worm-like worm-like Worm-like chain Worm-Like Chain Model Worm-Overload Recreational Killer worm-shaped Worm-shell Worm.ExploreZip virus Worm/DoS worm’s-eye view Wormal wormcast wormcast Wormed wormed out wormed out wormed out wormed way into wormed way into wormed way into wormeries Wormery Wormfish wormfly wormgrass wormhole wormhole Wormhole metrics Wormhole metrics Wormhole routing Wormholes Wormholes wormian wormian wormian b's wormian b's wormian b's Wormian bone Wormian bone Wormian bone Wormian bones Wormian bones wormier wormier

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angleworm
annelid worm
class Oligochaeta
corn worm
dew worm
dracunculiasis
earthworm
fishing worm
fishworm
food for fishes
guinea worm
Guinea worm disease
helminth
helminthology
invertebrate
nightcrawler
nightwalker
oligochaete
oligochaete worm

Under an assumed name I have wormed myself into its service for revenge; and as there is a heaven above us, I will have its heart's blood

Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

She came to this house to entreat my husband's interference, and before I could be aware of it, everything that you could wish to be concealed was known to him, and unluckily she had wormed out of Mainwaring's servant that he had visited you every day since your being in town, and had just watched him to your door herself

Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context

When the doctor had wormed this secret from him on the afternoon of the attack, and when next morning he saw the anchorage deserted, he had gone to Silver, given him the chart, which was now useless--given him the stores, for Ben Gunn's cave was well supplied with goats' meat salted by himself--given anything and everything to get a chance of moving in safety from the stockade to the two-pointed hill, there to be clear of malaria and keep a guard upon the money.

Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

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