worm
/wɝm/ noun B2- A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
- More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms. See Appendix:English worms.
- A contemptible or devious being. · Don't try to run away, you little worm!
- A self-replicating program that propagates through a network by copying itself, differing from a virus which seeks to propagate by inserting its code into other executable files. · When Trevor opened his email, a worm spread to 100 people in his address book.
- A graphical representation of the total runs scored across a number of overs.
- Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
- A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
- The spiral wire of a corkscrew.
Plural worms
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“I wish you luck with your worm.
Glow-worm in the highway rut,
“Footless, yellow earth-worm,” said Bagheera under his whiskers, as though he were trying to remember something.
“Worm--worm--earth-worm,” said Bagheera, “as well as other things which I cannot now say for shame.”
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