WORM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) worm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • invertebrate (what does invertebrate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • helminth (what does helminth mean?)
   • parasitic worm (what does parasitic worm mean?)
   • woodworm (what does woodworm mean?)
   • acanthocephalan (what does acanthocephalan mean?)
   • spiny-headed worm (what does spiny-headed worm mean?)
   • arrowworm (what does arrowworm mean?)
   • chaetognath (what does chaetognath mean?)
   • flatworm (what does flatworm mean?)
   • platyhelminth (what does platyhelminth mean?)
   • ribbon worm (what does ribbon worm mean?)
   • nemertean (what does nemertean mean?)
   • nemertine (what does nemertine mean?)
   • proboscis worm (what does proboscis worm mean?)
   • beard worm (what does beard worm mean?)
   • pogonophoran (what does pogonophoran mean?)
   • nematode (what does nematode mean?)
   • nematode worm (what does nematode worm mean?)
   • roundworm (what does roundworm mean?)
   • annelid (what does annelid mean?)
   • annelid worm (what does annelid worm mean?)
   • segmented worm (what does segmented worm mean?)
2. Meaning
   • screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
   Hypernyms(s) worm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • screw (what does screw mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
   Usage Example(s)
   • worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers
   Hypernyms(s) worm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • malevolent program (what does malevolent program mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
   Synonym(s)
   • dirt ball (what does dirt ball mean?)
   • insect (what does insect mean?)
   • louse (what does louse mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) worm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • unpleasant person (what does unpleasant person mean?)
   • disagreeable person (what does disagreeable person mean?)

WORM as VERB

1. Meaning
   • to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
   Synonym(s)
   • squirm (what does squirm mean?)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • wrestle (what does wrestle mean?)
   • wriggle (what does wriggle mean?)
   • writhe (what does writhe mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The prisoner writhed in discomfort
   • The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt’’s embrace
   Hypernyms(s) worm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • move (what does move mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • wrench (what does wrench mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • wrench (what does wrench mean?)
   • tornado (what does tornado mean?)
   • twister (what does twister mean?)
   • wiggler (what does wiggler mean?)
   • wriggler (what does wriggler mean?)
   • squirmer (what does squirmer mean?)
   • wiggle (what does wiggle mean?)
   • wriggle (what does wriggle mean?)
   • squirm (what does squirm mean?)
   • wiggler (what does wiggler mean?)
   • wriggler (what does wriggler mean?)
   • squirmer (what does squirmer mean?)
   • wiggle (what does wiggle mean?)
   • wriggle (what does wriggle mean?)
   • squirm (what does squirm mean?)