Definition of worm

"worm" in the noun sense

1. worm

any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes also many insect larvae

2. worm, louse, insect, dirt ball

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

3. worm

a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network

"worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"

4. worm

screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

"worm" in the verb sense

1. writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist

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

"The prisoner writhed in discomfort"

"The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

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Quotations for worm

To draw the worm out of the root. [ Proverb ]

There is no God dare wrong a worm. [ Emerson ]

The canker-worm of every gentle breast. [ Spenser ]

It is the early bird that catches the worm. [ Proverb ]

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm in the bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. [ William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II. Sc. 4 ]

Yet is there one more cursed than they all.
That canker-worm, that monster, jealousie,
Which eats the heart and feeds upon the gall,
Turning all love's delight to misery.
Through fear of losing his felicity. [ Spenser ]

I took him for a worm, but he proved a serpent. [ Proverb ]

My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, the canker, and the grief, Are mine alone. [ Byron ]

Scorn to trample upon a worm or to sneak to be an emperor. [ Saadi ]

A great man will not trample upon, a worm, nor sneak to an emperor. [ Proverb ]

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on. [ Kant ]

The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave, the deep, damp vault, the darkness and tbe worm. [ Young ]

True goodness is like the glow-worm; it shines most when no eyes, except those of heaven are upon it. [ Anonymous ]

True goodness is like the glow-worm in this, that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it. [ J. C. Hare ]

Deep is the sea, and deep is hell, but pride mineth deeper; it is coiled as a poisonous worm about the foundations of the soul. [ Tupper ]

I have unlearned contempt; it is a sin that is engendered earliest in the soul, and doth beset it like a poison worm feeding on all its beauty. [ Willis ]

When thou forgivest, - the man who has pierced thy heart stands to thee in the relation of the sea-worm that perforates the shell of the mussel which straightway closes the wound with a pearl. [ Richter ]

In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird, - all is there for itself. Only because we think that all things have a relation to us, do they appear justifiable or otherwise. [ Auerbach ]

What a chimera is man! What a confused chaos! What a subject of contradictions! A professed judge of all things, and yet a feeble worm of the earth! the great depositary and guardian of truth, and yet a mere bundle of uncertainties! the glory and the shame of the universe! [ Pascal ]

Wisdom is a fox who, after long hunting, will at last cost you the pains to dig out; it is a cheese, which, by how much the richer, has the thicker, the homlier, and the coarser coat; and whereof to a judicious palate, the maggots are best. It is a sack posset, wherein the deeper you go, you'll find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is attended with an egg. But lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. [ Swift ]

worm in Scrabble®

The word worm is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters worm:

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worm in Words With Friends™

The word worm is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

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Words within the letters of worm

2 letter words in worm (2 words)

3 letter words in worm (2 words)

4 letter words in worm (1 word)

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Word Growth involving worm

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Longer words containing worm

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arrowworm arrowworms

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caddisworm caddisworms

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