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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.
 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
worm-eaten
wurmstichig, madig
worm drive
Schneckengetriebe
maw-worm
Spulwurm
worm and wheel
Schneckengetriebe
glow-worm
Glühwürmchen
worm-eating warbler
Haldenwaldsänger
the early bird catches the worm
der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm
worm's-eye view
Froschperspektive
the early bird gets the worm
Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund, der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm
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