worm

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Noun

1. A generally [[tubular]] [[invertebrate]] of the [[annelid]] [[phylum]]; an [[earthworm]].
2. More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling [[annelid]]s but not closely related to them, such as [[velvet worm]]s, [[acorn worm]]s, [[flatworm]]s, or [[roundworm]]s. See [[Appendix:English worms]].
3. {{lb|en|archaic|or|poetic}} Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a [[snake]] {{gloss|cf. “dragon”; {{m|en|blindworm}}, {{m|en|slowworm}}, “legless lizard”}}, [[snail]], or [[caterpillar]].
4. {{lb|en|archaic|or|poetic}} A [[dragon]], today especially {{w|Germanic dragon}}, more often of the serpentine or wingless type, for example {{w|sea serpent}}, but also any kind of dragon.
5. A [[contemptible]] or [[devious]] being.
6. {{lb|en|computing}} A [[self-replicating]] [[program]] that [[propagate]]s through a [[network]] by copying itself, differing from a [[virus]] which seeks to propagate by [[insert]]ing its code into other executable files.
7. {{lb|en|cricket}} A [[graphical]] [[representation]] of the [[total]] [[run]]s [[score]]d across a number of [[over]]s.
8. Anything [[helical]], especially the [[thread]] of a [[screw]].
9. {{lb|en|figuratively}} An [[internal]] [[tormentor]]; something that [[gnaw]]s or [[afflict]]s one’s mind with [[remorse]].
10. {{lb|en|math}} A strip of linked [[tile]]s sharing [[parallel]] [[edge]]s in a [[tiling]].
11. {{lb|en|anatomy}} The [[lytta]].
12. {{lb|en|preceded by definite article}} A [[dance]], or [[dance move]], in which the dancer lies on the floor and [[undulate]]s the body [[horizontally]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make (one's way) with a [[crawl|crawling]] motion.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[move]] with one's body [[drag]]ging the ground.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To work one's way by [[artful]] or [[devious]] means.
4. {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively}} To work (one's way or oneself) (into) [[gradually]] or [[slowly]]; to [[insinuate]].
5. {{lb|en|often followed by {{m|en|out}}}} To [[effect]], [[remove]], [[drive]], [[draw]], or the like, by slow and secret means.
6. {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively|in “worm out of”}} To [[drag]] out of, to get [[information]] that someone is [[reluctant]] or [[unwilling]] to give (through [[artful]] or [[devious]] means or by [[plead]]ing or [[ask]]ing repeatedly).
7. {{lb|en|transitive|nautical}} To fill in the [[contline]]s of (a [[rope]]) before [[parcel]]ling and [[serve|serving]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[deworm]] (an animal).
9. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cut the worm, or [[lytta]], from under the [[tongue]] of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a [[disposition]] to [[gnaw]], and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
10. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[clean]] by means of a worm; to draw a [[wad]] or [[cartridge]] from, as a [[firearm]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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