worm — aga·ve·worm; arrow·worm; cad·dis·worm; car·pen·ter·worm; de·worm; eace·worm; hag·worm; lind·worm; slow·worm; worm; worm·er; worm·ish; worm·less; worm·ling; … English syllables
worm — noun 1》 an earthworm or other creeping or burrowing invertebrate animal having a long, slender soft body and no limbs. [Annelida, Nematoda (roundworms), Platyhelminthes (flatworms), and other phyla.] ↘(worms) intestinal or other internal… … English new terms dictionary
slow-worm — a small legless lizard, is the dominant current spelling (formerly also sloe worm). The word is unconnected with either sloes (the fruit) or the adjective slow … Modern English usage
Worm — Worm, v. t. 1. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out. [1913 Webster] They find themselves wormed out of all power. Swift. [1913 Webster] They . . . wormed things out of me that I had no… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slow-worm — ► NOUN ▪ a small snake like legless lizard that gives birth to live young. ORIGIN Old English, from an unexplained first element + wyrm «snake» … English terms dictionary
slow|worm — «SLOH WURM», noun. = blindworm. (Cf. ↑blindworm) … Useful english dictionary
Slow Decay — Torchwoodbook title=Slow Decay number=3 featuring=Jack Harkness Gwen Cooper Owen Harper Toshiko Sato Ianto Jones writer=Andy Lane publisher=BBC Books isbn=ISBN 978 0 563 48655 8 set between= Ghost Machine and Cyberwoman pages=357 date=4 January… … Wikipedia
slow-worm — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms slow worm : singular slow worm plural slow worms a type of lizard that has no legs and looks like a small snake … English dictionary
worm — n. & v. n. 1 any of various types of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long slender bodies and no limbs, esp. segmented in rings or parasitic in the intestines or tissues. 2 the long slender larva of an insect, esp. in fruit or wood … Useful english dictionary
worm — Synonyms and related words: amble, angleworm, animal, armyworm, beast, blast, blight, blighter, bollworm, bookworm, cancer, canker, claudicate, contort, corkscrew, cotton worm, crawl, creep, crinkle, cur, dog, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag out … Moby Thesaurus
slow — fore·slow; for·slow; slow; slow·hound; slow·ish; slow·ly; slow·ness; slow·poke; slow·worm; … English syllables
