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worm 1, noun (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: wyrm 'snake, worm']
a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil
-see also earthworm , lugworm
the young form of an insect, which looks like a short worm
-see also glow-worm , silkworm , woodworm
have worms
if a person or animal has worms, they have legless parasites (=small creatures that eat their food or their blood) in their body
-see also roundworm , tapeworm
someone who you do not like or respect
a type of computer virus that can make copies of itself and destroy information on computers that are connected to each other
the worm turns
literary used to say that someone who normally obeys someone without complaining suddenly refuses to do this
-see also can of worms at can 2 (4)