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Meanings of worm in English

Russian
черви
Portuguese
helminto
Spanish
gusano
Catalan
cuc
Wikidata

Animal that typically has a long tube-like body and no legs.

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черви
Catalan
canalla

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

canalla
Portuguese
estrebuchar
Catalan
trenar
Spanish
retorcer

To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

estrebuchar

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Usage of worm in English
1
The region last experienced an attack by the worm three years ago.
The Guardian
2
Pictured is C. elegans, a common worm often used in genetic studies.
Wired
3
These cycles of experience, of course, all stem from that worm-riddled book.
The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft
4
It has often been said that the early bird catches the worm.
The Irish Times
5
This thought-worm has started to come out in the day time too.
The Guardian
6
According to the plea agreement, the worm was installed in various ways.
Wired
7
The veriest muck-worm in the market-place spat out at sight of him.
The Scapegoat
8
This one came into the world in the shape of a worm.
Piccolissima
9
Serve her right if the worm eats her on the trip home.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
10
But Wylie offers a unique, worm's-eye view of the events of 2016.
The Guardian
11
The Green Grace will come back with worm words, not the captain.
A Dance with Dragons
12
The darkness was full of the aromatic fragrance of the falling worm-dust.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
13
Behold the worm and the Ammophila face to face beneath the bell-glass.
More Hunting Wasps
14
He rejected the worm of Izrail; he rejected, too, the other death.
In the Wilderness
15
The last kind of importance is the Arrhindy silk worm, from India.
Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
16
In the Teynkirche stands the worm-eaten pulpit from which preached John Huss.
Three Men on the Bummel
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Worm through the time
Worm across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common