worm

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 See also

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English worm, from Old English wyrm (“‘serpent, dragon, worm’”), from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wrmi-, *wrmo- (“‘serpent, scorpion, maggot, worm’”) possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“‘to turn’”); Compare Latin vermis/vermin, French ver. First computer usage by John Brunner in his 1975 book The Shockwave Rider.

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• (RP) IPA: /wɜːm/, SAMPA: /w3:m/
• (US) enPR: wûrm, IPA: /wɝm/, SAMPA: /w3`m/
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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)m

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worm (plural worms)

1. A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum.
2. A contemptible or devious being.

   Don't try to run away, you little worm!

3. (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates widely through a network.
4. (cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings.
5. Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
6. (archaic) A dragon or mythological serpent.
7. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.

   The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul! — Richard III, William Shakespeare

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to worm (third-person singular simple present worms, present participle worming, simple past and past participle wormed)

1. (intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.

   We wormed our way through the underbrush.

2. (intransitive, figuratively) To get (into) in a devious way.

   He wormed his way into the organization

   (intransitive) To work through something slowly or gradually.

3. (intransitive, nautical) To fill in the contlines of a rope before parcelling and serving.

   Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.

4. (transitive) To deworm an animal.

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blindworm bookworm cutworm the early bird catches the worm earthworm fishing worm flatworm glowworm lugworm penis worm

ringworm silkworm slowworm tapeworm woodworm wormhole worm lizard worm’s-eye view, worm’s eye view wormwood wormy

[edit] See also

caterpillar grub maggot

Trojan horse vermiform virus

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[edit] Noun

worm m. (plural wormen, diminutive wormpje)

1. worm

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• rups