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worm noun

  /wɜːm/ , /wɝm/
  • (archaic, or, poetic) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
  • (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
 ver, ver de terre
  • (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network, differing from a virus in usually lacking any destructive effects.
 ver
  • (archaic) A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent or any kind of dragon.
 dragon
  • A contemptible or devious being.
 vermine, scarabée, ver
  • (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/
  • An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
 Worms

worming

vermifuge
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