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worm   (TTS Sound)

The noun worm has 4 senses

• worm -- (any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae)


• worm, louse, insect, dirt ball -- (a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect)


• worm -- (a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network; "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers")


• worm -- (screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack)

The verb worm has 1 sense

• writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist -- (to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace")