Значение

значений: 19
  1. A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.

  2. More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms. See Appendix:English worms.

  3. A contemptible or devious being.

    Don't try to run away, you little worm!

    elender Wurm

    сте́рваstérva, негодя́йnegodjáj, негодя́йкаnegodjájka

    негідникnehidnyk

  4. A self-replicating program that propagates through a network by copying itself, differing from a virus which seeks to propagate by inserting its code into other executable files.

    When Trevor opened his email, a worm spread to 100 people in his address book.

    Wurm

    червьčervʹ

  5. A graphical representation of the total runs scored across a number of overs.

  6. Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.

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

  7. Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.

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

  8. The spiral wire of a corkscrew.

  9. A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.

  10. The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.

  11. A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth.

    Holonyms: worm drive, worm and wheel

  12. (переносно)An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.

Примеры

предложений: 150
  1. The bird was looking for worms.

    Птица искала червяков.

    ukПтах шукав хробаків.

    deDer Vogel suchte nach Würmern.

  2. Tom put a worm on the hook.

    Том насадил червяка на крючок.

    ukТом насадив хробака на гачок.

  3. It's the early bird that catches the worm.

    Кто рано встаёт, тому Бог даёт.

  4. I don't think I could ever eat a worm.

    Не думаю, что когда-нибудь я смогу съесть червя.

  5. Some people say stepping on a worm makes it rain.

    Некоторые люди говорят, что если наступить на червяка, будет дождь.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 2
animal:
contemptible being:
Русский
По значениям 3
animal:
dragon or mythological serpent:
contemptible being:
Deutsch
По значениям 4
something helical, especially the thread of a screw:
animal:
dragon or mythological serpent:
contemptible being:

Происхождение

From Middle English werm, wirm, worm, worme, wrim, wurm, wyrm, wyrme, from Old English weo

From Middle English werm, wirm, worm, worme, wrim, wurm, wyrm, wyrme, from Old English weorm, wurm, wyrm, from Proto-West Germanic *wurmi, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm; snake”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm; larva”), possibly from *wer- (“to turn”). Doublet of vermin and wyrm, the latter of which is a fairly recent borrowing directly from the Old English.

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Формы

мн. число: worms
Ед. числоworm
Мн. числоworms

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 5
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 240

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