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worm noun

  /wɜːm/ , /wɝm/
  • (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network.
  • (obsolete) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
ver
  • A contemptible or devious being.
vermine, scarabée
  • (archaic) A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent or any kind of dragon.
dragon
  • (figuratively) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
remords
  • Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
vis sans fin

worm verb

  /wɜːm/ , /wɝm/
  • (transitive, figuratively) To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
infiltrer, s'insinuer
  • (transitive) To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
  • (intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
ramper
  • (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).
tirer les vers du nez
  • (transitive) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
vermifuger

Worms properNoun

  /vɔɹmz/ , /vɔːmz/
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Worms

worming

vermifuge
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