[wəːm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- any of a number of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long, slender soft bodies and no limbs

- a weak or despicable person (often used as a general term of abuse)
(e.g: it was unbearable that such a worm could be so successful)

- a helical device or component

- a self-replicating program able to propagate itself across a network, typically having a detrimental effect


Phrases:
- the worm will turn

Origin:
Old English wyrm (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Latin vermis ‘worm’ and Greek rhomox ‘woodworm’

[wəːm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move with difficulty by crawling or wriggling
(e.g: I wormed my way along the roadside ditch)

- insinuate one's way into
(e.g: you wormed your way into their lives)

- treat (an animal) with a preparation designed to expel parasitic worms
(e.g: I wormed her over a course of three weeks)

- make (a rope) smooth by winding thread between the strands


Phrases:
- the worm will turn

Origin:
Old English wyrm (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Latin vermis ‘worm’ and Greek rhomox ‘woodworm’

[wəːm], (Abbreviation)

Definitions:
- write-once read-many, denoting a type of memory device


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