worm
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- noun
- /wɜrm/
- The gardener found several worms in the moist soil, helping to aerate it.
- parasitic worms
- earth worms
- worms eat
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Watch on YouTubePeople like to use things like pure worm castings, things like that.
- People like to use things like pure worm castings, things like that.
- I don't actually work on flies, I work on worms, on nematode worms.
- In Riftia, the tube worms plume acts like a gill.
- We went from worms, yeast to mice to monkeys.
- The sandy planet of Tatooine, the giant worm, and The Empire Strikes Back, right?
- I fish on chicken liver and I fish on a worm, American worm.
Examples
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Alberts asked them to count the worms collected in the tanks in future runoff events.
Academic text (1995) -
I see two things, a lot of worms and a lot of mercury.
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I actually also see a lot of worm life going on.
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I'll eat this worm for $5.
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People just hate the idea of having worms, perhaps because you can see them.
Academic text (2012) -
Hey, let's just pull out two of those worms from that can.
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Look at all the worms.
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I found a whole bag of worms, but they are all so swollen.
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The grass provides an insulating cover that helps protect the worms from temperature extremes.
Academic text (1995) -
The worms certainly came out when it rained on Worm Day in Coshocton, Ohio, last year.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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A small long worm that lives in soil and helps make soil healthy
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5.2
A long flat creature that lives inside the intestines of people or animals
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7.0
A soft worm with a flat body that lives inside other animals or on the sea floor
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8.6
A small worm with a long smooth body that lives in soil or water
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6.0
A small worm with a hooked mouth that lives in human or animal intestines and drinks blood
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5.5
A long round animal pointed at both ends that sometimes lives as a parasite
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5.4
A small worm that lives in soil and is often used as bait for fish
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5.3
A small green caterpillar that moves by making a loop with its body
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9.6
A worm with a long body divided into segments, like an earthworm
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7.2
A worm that lives in sand, used as fishing bait or shown in stories as a giant creature
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2.1
A small red earthworm that lives in soil, helps make soil better, and people use it as fishing bait
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7.4
A small insect that eats tree leaves, bark, or wood and damages the tree
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5.1
A worm with a long body made of many ring-shaped parts like an earthworm or leech
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8.1
A small worm that lives in the intestines of people, especially children
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2.5
A worm that people use as bait to catch fish
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9.9
A flat worm that lives inside animals or in water
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9.9
A small sea worm that pulls its front part into its body and looks like a peanut
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7.1
A very small thin animal with a pointed body that lives in soil or inside other living things
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8.0
A small creature that lives in the lungs of animals or people and causes coughing
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6.0
A soft caterpillar often fed to reptiles and birds or used in science
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8.2
A sea worm often dug up and used as fishing bait
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7.4
A caterpillar that moves in large groups and eats crops like grass and grain
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8.7
A common earthworm used as bait for fishing
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9.9
A sea worm with many body segments and small bristles on each segment
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7.7
A long soft animal with a body made of many rings, like earthworms and leeches
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8.9
A long soft sea animal that can stretch and reach prey with a thin mouth tube
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6.3
A worm, often an earthworm, used to catch fish
A flat parasite with suckers that lives in animals or people
A long thin animal that lives inside insects like grasshoppers
A large earthworm that comes out at night or when the ground is wet and people use for fishing
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.5
A small parasite that lives in people and comes out through the skin causing strong pain after drinking dirty water
- Specialized
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4.4
A small animal that lives inside another animal and takes its food, often causing sickness
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2.1
A small red earthworm that lives in soil, helps make soil better, and people use it as fishing bait
- Specialized
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6.6
An infection from drinking water with baby worms that causes painful blisters when the worm comes out
- Specialized
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6.1
A gear with a screw shaft that turns a toothed wheel to change direction and make turning slower and stronger
- Specialized
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9.9
A small, long tropical fish that lives in shallow water and hides in seagrass
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5.1
A worm with a long body made of many ring-shaped parts like an earthworm or leech
- Specialized
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7.2
A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats tomato and tobacco plants
- Specialized
1
9.9
A small sea worm that pulls its front part into its body and looks like a peanut
- Specialized
1
7.1
A very small thin animal with a pointed body that lives in soil or inside other living things
- Specialized
1
7.4
A caterpillar that moves in large groups and eats crops like grass and grain
- Specialized
1
9.9
A sea worm with many body segments and small bristles on each segment
- Specialized
1
7.7
A long soft animal with a body made of many rings, like earthworms and leeches
- Specialized
1
9.8
A small soft animal with velvety skin that catches prey with sticky slime
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8.1
A small caterpillar with legs only near its head and tail that moves by making a loop
- Specialized
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9.9
A thin sea animal that lives in a tube on the deep ocean floor and has tentacles
- Specialized
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9.1
A small thin salamander that looks like a worm and lives on the Pacific coast of the United States
- Specialized
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8.4
A gear that fits with a screw-shaped gear to turn movement at a right angle
- Specialized
A soft sac in an animal that is filled with fluid and contains a young tapeworm
A large earthworm that comes out at night or when the ground is wet and people use for fishing
- Specialized
A soft sea animal like a thin worm that stretches a long head to catch food
- Specialized
A worm that lives in the sea with many small bristles on its sides that help it move
- Specialized
A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats potato and tomato leaves
- Specialized
A small wormlike parasite with hooks that lives inside the nose of animals like dogs or cows
- Specialized
A parasite that lives in animal intestines and can pull its spiny head back to hold on
- Specialized
A very small worm that lives in vinegar and eats tiny living things that make it turn sour
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Etymology
The word worm comes from an old English word wyrm, meaning 'creeping creature' or 'snake', and was used for small animals that move by wriggling. So a worm is easy to remember as the little soft animal that creeps through soil.