English
Etymology
From Middle English worm < Old English wyrm (serpent, dragon, worm) < Proto-Germanic *wurmiz < Proto-Indo-European *wrmi- /*wrmo- (serpent, scorpion, maggot, worm), possibly from PIE base *wer- (to turn).
Pronunciation
- wûrm, /wɜː(r)m/, /w3:(r)m/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)m
Noun
worm (plural: worms )
- A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum.
- A contemptible or devious person.
- Don't try to run away, you little worm
- (Internet) A self-replicating program that propagates widely through a network.
- A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings
Translations
animal
- Arabic: دُودَة (dúːda) sg, دُودٌ (duːd) pl, دِيدَان (didáːn) pl
- Bosnian: crv m
- Bulgarian: червей (červej) m
- Catalan: cuc m
- Chinese: 蟲 (chóng)
- Czech: červ m
- Dutch: worm
- Estonian: uss
- Finnish: mato
- French: ver m
- German: Wurm m
- Greek: σκώληξ (skólix) m
- Hebrew: תולע (tolah) m
- Hungarian: kukac
- Indonesian: cacing
- Italian: verme m
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- Japanese: 虫 (むし , mushí), 虫螻 (むしけら , mushikera)
- Korean: 벌레 (beolle)
- Latin: vermis m
- Lithuanian: kirmėlė f; kirminas m (also means insect larvae)
- Polish: robak m
- Portuguese: verme m
- Russian: червь (červ') m, черви (čérvi) pl
- Slovene: črv m
- Spanish: gusano m
- Swedish: mask c
- Thai: หนอน (nááwn)
- Turkish: kurt
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person
- Arabic: شَخْصٌ دَنِيء (šáχʂun dániʔ) m
- Bulgarian: негодник (negodnik) m, жалко същество (žalko säštestvo) n
- Czech: ubožák m
- French: vermine f, scarabée m
- Hebrew: נבזה (nivzeh) m
- German: elender m, elendes Wurm n
- Italian: miserabile m and f
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- Korean: 비열한 인간 (biyeolhan ingan)
- Portuguese: miserável m and f, patife m
- Russian: стерва (stérva) m and f, негодяй (negodjáj) m, негодяйка (negodjájka) f
- Spanish: gusano m
- Swedish: stackare c, kräk n
- Ukrainian: негідник (nehidnik) m
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self-replicating program
Intransitive verb
to worm (worming , wormed , wormed)
- To move with one's body dragging the ground.
- We wormed our way through the underbrush
- (figuratively) To get (into) in a devious way.
- He wormed his way into the organization
Derived terms
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