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worm

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1. worm - Noun

2. worm - Verb

3. Worm - Proper noun

Meaning

The thread of a screw.

A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.

Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.

Any helminth; an entozoon.

Any annelid.

An insect larva.

Same as Vermes.

An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.

A being debased and despised.

Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm

A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.

A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.

The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still.

A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below.

To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.

To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by out.

To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b).

To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.

To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The prisoner writhed in discomfort Source: Internet

The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace Source: Internet

According to Baba, each soul pursues conscious divinity by evolving: that is, experiencing itself in a succession of imagined forms through seven "kingdoms": stone/metal, vegetable, worm, fish, bird, animal, and human. Source: Internet

After it rains she eats literally every single worm off the sidewalk. Source: Internet

A very common payload for worms is to install a backdoor in the infected computer to allow the creation of a " zombie " computer under control of the worm author. Source: Internet

Any worm that lives in a marine environment is considered a marine worm. Source: Internet

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