worm
A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylumA generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
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» Tom put a worm on the hook.
Том насадил червяка на крючок. — sharptoothed
Том насадив хробака на гачок. — miketheknight
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Examples
148 sentencesTom put a worm on the hook.
Том насадив хробака на гачок. — miketheknight
ruТом насадил червяка на крючок. — sharptoothed
The early bird catches the worm.
Хто рано встає, тому бог дає. — deniko
ruКто рано встаёт, тому Бог даёт. — FeuDRenais
deMorgenstund hat Gold im Mund. — MUIRIEL
Tom is a worm.
Том гнида. — deniko
Meaning
19 sensesA generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
Wurm
червьčervʹ, червя́кčervják, глистhelminth
черв'я́кčervʺják, червčerv, хроба́кxrobák
Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
Gewinde
screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
A contemptible or devious being.
Don't try to run away, you little worm!
elender Wurm
сте́рваstérva, негодя́йnegodjáj, негодя́йкаnegodjájka
негідникnehidnyk
More meanings 16
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
(figuratively)An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
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
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.
A graphical representation of the total runs scored across a number of overs.
Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
The spiral wire of a corkscrew.
A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
Origin
From Middle English werm, wirm, worm, worme, wrim, wurm, wyrm, wyrme, from Old English weoFrom 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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