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worm noun

  /wɜːm/ , /wɝm/
  • (archaic, or, poetic) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
  • (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network, differing from a virus in usually lacking any destructive effects.
  • (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
 Wurm
  • Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
 Gewinde
  • (archaic) A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent or any kind of dragon.
 Lindwurm
  • A contemptible or devious being.
 elender Wurm, Wurm

Worms properNoun

  /vɔɹmz/ , /vɔːmz/
  • An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
 Worms

worm verb

  /wɜːm/ , /wɝm/
  • (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).
 Würmer aus der Nase ziehen, einem alles aus der Nase ziehen, etwas aus der Nase ziehen
can of worms
Fass, Fass ohne Boden, Wespennest
open upp a can of worms
ein heißes Eisen anfassen

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Worms noun {n}

(das) Worms   /vɔʁms/
  • eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
 Worms
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