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to worm

to worm

2 6.7
To give medicine to an animal or person to remove small animals living inside the body
  • verb
  • /wɜrm/
  • UK
translation icon : desparasitar
  • After being wormed, the horses quickly regained their strength and started to gain weight again.
  • worm chicks

Examples

  • Worming!

  • Something unspeakable was still squirming along the back of her neck, writhing sinuously within her skull, a hideous parasite that had chosen her for a host, worming its way into her, going to lay its eggs in her brain.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • He probed with the knife into the aorta and large veins to look for scar tissue from worms, but there wasn't any; the horse had been thoroughly wormed.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The farmer wormed the cattle to ensure they were healthy and free from parasites.

  • Before adopting a new puppy, it's essential to check if it has been wormed to prevent any health issues.

Synonyms

to deworm
vsto worm
1 4.2

Give medicine to a person or animal to remove worms from their body

means the same thing and is used interchangeably

Antonyms

1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

Idioms

9.1

To be very ashamed and think you are worthless

oh worm
  • Slang
9.9

A short phrase people say to show mild disappointment

the worm turns
  • Informal
9.9

A change when someone treated badly starts to fight back

People who act early are more likely to succeed

Compounds

2 7.9

Rotten food that is not safe to eat

Guinea worm disease
  • Specialized
1 6.6

An infection from drinking water with baby worms that causes painful blisters when the worm comes out

Guinea worm
  • Specialized
1 9.5

A small parasite that lives in people and comes out through the skin causing strong pain after drinking dirty water

1 2.1

A small red earthworm that lives in soil, helps make soil better, and people use it as fishing bait

parasitic worm
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A small animal that lives inside another animal and takes its food, often causing sickness

wiggle worm
  • Baby Talk
1 7.5

A person, especially a child, who cannot sit still and keeps moving

worm gear
  • Specialized
1 6.1

A gear with a screw shaft that turns a toothed wheel to change direction and make turning slower and stronger

beard worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A thin sea animal that lives in a tube on the deep ocean floor and has tentacles

bladder worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A soft sac in an animal that is filled with fluid and contains a young tapeworm

8.9

A large earthworm that comes out at night or when the ground is wet and people use for fishing

annelid worm
  • Specialized
7.7

A long soft animal with a body made of many rings, like earthworms and leeches

army worm
  • Specialized
7.4

A caterpillar that moves in large groups and eats crops like grass and grain

A worm that people use as bait to catch fish

A small caterpillar with legs only near its head and tail that moves by making a loop

gun worm
  • Archaic
9.9

A tool like a corkscrew for pulling unfired bullets from a musket barrel

nematode worm
  • Specialized
7.1

A very small thin animal with a pointed body that lives in soil or inside other living things

proboscis worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A soft sea animal like a thin worm that stretches a long head to catch food

9.9

A young insect that makes holes in apples and eats their insides

A long soft sea animal that can stretch and reach prey with a thin mouth tube

oligochaete worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A small worm with tiny bristles that lives in soil or water

peanut worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A small sea worm that pulls its front part into its body and looks like a peanut

polychaete worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A sea worm with many body segments and small bristles on each segment

polychete worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A worm that lives in the sea with many small bristles on its sides that help it move

potato worm
  • Specialized
7.8

A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats potato and tomato leaves

A worm with a long body made of many ring-shaped parts like an earthworm or leech

tomato worm
  • Specialized
7.2

A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats tomato and tobacco plants

tongue worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A small wormlike parasite with hooks that lives inside the nose of animals like dogs or cows

7.4

A small insect that eats tree leaves, bark, or wood and damages the tree

trematode worm
  • Specialized
9.0

A flat parasite with suckers that lives in animals or people

spiny-headed worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A parasite that lives in animal intestines and can pull its spiny head back to hold on

velvet worm
  • Specialized
9.8

A small soft animal with velvety skin that catches prey with sticky slime

vinegar worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A very small worm that lives in vinegar and eats tiny living things that make it turn sour

7.2

A container where worms turn kitchen scraps into soil for plants

worm fence
  • Archaic
9.1

A fence made of wooden rails laid in a zigzag pattern

worm fish
  • Specialized
9.9

A small, long tropical fish that lives in shallow water and hides in seagrass

worm lizard
  • Specialized
9.7

A reptile without legs that lives underground and looks like a worm

worm salamander
  • Specialized
9.1

A small thin salamander that looks like a worm and lives on the Pacific coast of the United States

A small thin snake that looks like a worm and lives under stones or logs

worm wheel
  • Specialized
8.4

A gear that fits with a screw-shaped gear to turn movement at a right angle

Surface Forms

worm infinitive
wormed past
wormed past participle
worming present participle
worms third person singular

Etymology

To worm an animal (give medicine) comes from the idea of removing real worms from inside the body, linking back to the animal wyrm. So worming means giving treatment to get rid of internal worms and keep the animal healthy.