Todays word of the day as usual Thank you Mr. Webster. WORM noun, often attributive \ˈwərm\ : a long, thin animal that has a soft body with no legs or bones and that often lives in the ground : the young form of some insects that looks like a small worm : a person who is not liked or respected : a very bad person Full Definition of WORM 1 a : earthworm; broadly : an annelid worm b : any of numerous relatively small elongated usually naked and soft-bodied animals (as a grub, pinworm, tapeworm, shipworm, or slowworm) 2 a : a human being who is an object of contempt, loathing, or pity : wretch b : something that torments or devours from within 3 archaic : snake, serpent 4 : helminthiasis —usually used in plural 5 : something (as a mechanical device) spiral or vermiculate in form or appearance: as a : the thread of a screw b : a short revolving screw whose threads gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or a rack c : archimedes screw; also : a conveyor working on the principle of such a screw 6 : a usually small self-contained and self-replicating computer program that invades computers on a network and usually performs a destructive action — worm·like adjective See worm defined for English-language learners » See worm defined for kids » Examples of WORM I often see worms in the garden. We always used worms as bait for fishing. Origin of WORM Middle English, from Old English wyrm serpent, worm; akin to Old High German wurm serpent, worm, Latin vermis worm First Known Use: before 12th centuryof the day:
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