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worm noun

  /wɜːm/ , /wɝm/
  • (computing) A self-replicating malware that propagates through a network.
  • (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
  • (archaic, or, poetic) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
 orm
  • (archaic) A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent or any kind of dragon.
 drage, orm

worm verb

  /wɜːm/ , /wɝm/
  • (transitive) To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
 kravle
  • (intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
 kravle, krybe, åle
  • (transitive, figuratively) To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
  • (transitive, figuratively, in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).
 orme sig

Worms properNoun

  /vɔɹmz/ , /vɔːmz/
  • An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
 Worms
slow worm
stålorm
the early bird gets the worm
morgenstund har guld i mund
bone-eating snot flower worm
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measuring worm
pacemaker
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