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to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (esp. when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort."; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace."

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

screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

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

screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

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"

a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

The thread of a screw.

A despicable person.

A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.

Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.

Any helminth; an entozoon.

Any annelid.

An insect larva.

An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.

A being debased and despised.

Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm

A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.

A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.

The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still.

A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below.

To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.

To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b).

To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.

To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.

To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; - often followed by out.

The thread of a screw.

A despicable person.

A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.

Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.

Any helminth; an entozoon.

Any annelid.

An insect larva.

An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.

A being debased and despised.

Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm

A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.

A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.

The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still.

To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.

To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b).

To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.

To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.

A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of gearing, below.

To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; - often followed by out.

A despicable person.

To draw forth by artful means, as a secret; followed by out.

To work or proceed stealthily and slowly.

A small legless, invertebrate crawling animal.

A short screw formed to mesh with a gear-wheel; the thread of a screw; the spiral condensing pipe of a still.

Anat. An organ or part that resembles a worm in shape.

To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.

Caused by worms.

A disease in infancy; a division of invertebral animals; the entozoa, specially.

Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals of different classes and orders, as the blind-worm, larvae of insects, intestinal worms, &c.; anything which, working secretly, gnaws and destroys like a worm; remorse; that which incessantly gnaws the conscience; that which torments; a being debased and despised; one who devours what he reads like a worm; a spiral, worm-like instrument, used for drawing wads and cartridges from cannon and small arms; something spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm, as the threads of a screw; a spiral, metallic pipe placed in a tub of water, through which the vapour passes in distillation, and in which it is cooled and condensed; a small, worm-like part, situated beneath a dog's tongue.

To expel or undermine by slow and secret means; to cut something, called a worm, from under the tongue of a dog; to draw the wad or cartridge from a gun; to clean by the worm; to wind a rope spirally round a cable, between the strands; or to wind a smaller rope with spun-yarn. To worm one's self into, to enter gradually by arts and insinuations.

Any small, creeping or crawling animal, usually having a soft, naked body; a spiral or wormlike thing, as a screw thread, etc.; any creature that is humble and abased.

To work slowly, secretly, and gradually.

To accomplish by crooked, slow, and secret means.

Any small creeping animal: anything that gnaws or torments: remorse: a debased being: anything spiral: the thread of a screw: a spiral pipe used in distilling.

To work slowly or secretly.

To effect by slow and secret means.

Small creeping boneless animal: grub: reptile: spiral pipe: thread of a screw.

To gain by slow and secret means.

To work slowly and secretly.

Any long, small, creeping animal entirely without feet, or with very short ones; the well-known, long, string-like creature that lives in the earth; a grub; a maggot; figuratively, anything that gnaws or torments internally or one's conscience; a thing debased and despised; anything spiral or thread-like, as the thread of a screw; in a still, the coil of pipe lodged among cold water through which the vapour or spirit runs and is condensed; a small worm-like ligament under the tongue of a dog.

To work gradually and secretly; to undermine or expel by slow and secret means.

A general name of no scientific value, used to designate any of the Flatworms, Roundworms, Polychaetes or Oligochaetes.

See Helminth.

A small, limbless, creeping animal such as a member of the phyla Platyhelminthes, Nemathelminthes, or Annulata.

The median portion of the cerebellum, as distinguished from its hemispheres.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] Originally, any creeping or crawling animal; a serpent caterpillar, snail, or the like;-a being debased or despised;-pl. Animals which live and breed in the intestines of other animals;-figuratively, something that gnaws or afflicts one's conscience;-any thing spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm;-the thread of a screw;- a spiral instrument for drawing cartridges from fire arms;- a small worm-like ligament under a dog's tongue;-a spiral metallic pipe through which vapour passes in distillation;-a short revolving screw the threads of which drive a wheel by gearing into its teeth.