wormlike

Definition of Wormlike in English :

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Adjective

1. cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy

totally submissive

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wormlike

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noun

1.

any of various invertebrates, esp the annelids (earthworms, etc), nematodes (roundworms), and flatworms, having a slender elongated body

▶ Related adjective: vermicular

2.

any of various insect larvae having an elongated body, such as the silkworm and wireworm

3.

any of various unrelated animals that resemble annelids, nematodes, etc, such as the glow-worm and shipworm

4.

a gnawing or insinuating force or agent that torments or slowly eats away

5.

a wretched or spineless person

6.

anything that resembles a worm in appearance or movement

7.

a shaft on which a helical groove has been cut, as in a gear arrangement in which such a shaft meshes with a toothed wheel

8.

a spiral pipe cooled by air or flowing water, used as a condenser in a still

9. a nontechnical name for lytta

10. anatomy

any wormlike organ, structure, or part, such as the middle lobe of the cerebellum (vermis cerebelli)

. Technical name: vermis

11. computing

a program that duplicates itself many times in a network and prevents its destruction. It often carries a logic bomb or virus

verb

12.

to move, act, or cause to move or act with the slow sinuous movement of a worm

13. (foll by in, into, out of, etc)

to make (one's way) slowly and stealthily; insinuate (oneself)

14. (tr; often foll by out of or from)

to extract (information, a secret, etc) from by persistent questioning

15. (transitive)

to free from or purge of worms

16. (transitive) nautical

to wind yarn around (a rope) so as to fill the spaces between the strands and render the surface smooth for parcelling and serving

noun acronym for

write once read many times: an optical disk that enables users to store data but not change it

Wormlike

see synonyms of wormlike

noun

1.

any of many slender, soft-bodied animals, some segmented, that live by burrowing underground, in water, or as parasites, including the annelids, nemerteans, nematodes, platyhelminths, acanthocephalans, and gordian worms

2. Popularly

a.

an insect larva, as a caterpillar, grub, or maggot

b.

any of several mollusks, as the shipworms

c.

any of various wormlike animals, as a rotifer or a blindworm

d. Obsolete

a snake, or serpent

3.

an abject, wretched, or contemptible person

4.

something that gnaws or distresses one inwardly, suggesting a parasitic worm

the worm of conscience

5.

something thought of as being wormlike because of its spiral shape, etc.

; specif.,

a.

the thread of a screw

b.

the coil of a still

c.

an Archimedean screw or similar apparatus

d.

a short, rotating screw that meshes with the teeth of a worm gear or a rack

6. Anatomy

any organ or part resembling a worm, as the vermiform process

7. Computing

an unauthorized, disruptive program, typically spread through communication lines, that creates copies of itself, thereby depleting a disk's or system's available memory

cf. virus (sense 4)

8. [pl.]; Medicine

any disease or disorder caused by the presence of parasitic worms in the intestines, etc.

9. Zoology

lytta

verb intransitive

10.

to move, proceed, etc. like a worm, in a winding, creeping, or devious manner

verb transitive

11.

to bring about, make, etc. in a winding, creeping, or devious manner

to worm one's way through a tunnel

12.

to insinuate (oneself) into a situation, conversation, etc.

13.

to extract (information, secrets, etc.) by insinuation, cajolery, or subtle questioning

14.

to purge of intestinal worms

15. Nautical

to wind yarn or small rope around (a rope or cable), filling the spaces between the strands

16. US

to rid (tobacco plants) of worms or grubs

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