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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :   [ easton ]

  Worm
     (1.) Heb. sas (Isa. 51:8), denotes the caterpillar of the
     clothes-moth.
     
       (2.) The manna bred worms (tola'im), but on the Sabbath there
     was not any worm (rimmah) therein (Ex. 16:20, 24). Here these
     words refer to caterpillars or larvae, which feed on corrupting
     matter.
     
       These two Hebrew words appear to be interchangeable (Job 25:6;
     Isa. 14:11). Tola'im in some places denotes the caterpillar
     (Deut. 28:39; Jonah 4:7), and rimmah, the larvae, as bred from
     putridity (Job 17:14; 21:26; 24:20). In Micah 7:17, where it is
     said, "They shall move out of their holes like worms," perhaps
     serpents or "creeping things," or as in the Revised Version,
     "crawling things," are meant.
     
       The word is used figuratively in Job 25:6; Ps. 22:6; Isa.
     41:14; Mark 9:44, 46, 48; Isa. 66:24.
     

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  worm
       
           (From "Tapeworm" in John Brunner's
          novel "The Shockwave Rider", via XEROX PARC) A program that
          propagates itself over a network, reproducing itself as it
          goes.  Compare virus.  Nowadays the term has negative
          connotations, as it is assumed that only crackers write
          worms.
       
          Perhaps the best-known example was the Great Worm.
       
          Compare Trojan horse.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1996-09-17)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  WORM
       
          Write-Once Read-Many
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe,
     female screw, F. ['e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in
     LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a
     screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.]
     1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a
        continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it
        spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a
        continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, --
        used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or
        pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of
        the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the
        threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being
        distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more
        usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female
        screw, or, more usually, the nut.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of
           the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a
           right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the
           hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the
           screw, its base equaling the circumference of the
           cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a
        head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver.
        Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to
        fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw
        nails. See also Screw bolt, below.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of
        wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the
        stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal
        surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a
        screw. See Screw propeller, below.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a
        screw steamer; a propeller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
        --Thackeray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary
        severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a
        student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and
        commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite
        linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th
        Pitch, 10
        (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid
            body, which may always be made to consist of a
            rotation about an axis combined with a translation
            parallel to that axis.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     10. (Zo["o]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw
         ({Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Archimedes screw, Compound screw, Foot screw, etc. See
        under Archimedes, Compound, Foot, etc.
  
     A screw loose, something out of order, so that work is not
        done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H.
        Martineau.
  
     Endless screw, or perpetual screw, a screw used to give
        motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads
        between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a worm.
        
  
     Lag screw. See under Lag.
  
     Micrometer screw, a screw with fine threads, used for the
        measurement of very small spaces.
  
     Right and left screw, a screw having threads upon the
        opposite ends which wind in opposite directions.
  
     Screw alley. See Shaft alley, under Shaft.
  
     Screw bean. (Bot.)
         (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree
             ({Prosopis pubescens) growing from Texas to
             California. It is used for fodder, and ground into
             meal by the Indians.
         (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for
             fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties.
  
     Screw bolt, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in
        distinction from a key bolt. See 1st Bolt, 3.
  
     Screw box, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the
        thread on a wooden screw.
  
     Screw dock. See under Dock.
  
     Screw engine, a marine engine for driving a screw
        propeller.
  
     Screw gear. See Spiral gear, under Spiral.
  
     Screw jack. Same as Jackscrew.
  
     Screw key, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner
        wrench.
  
     Screw machine.
         (a) One of a series of machines employed in the
             manufacture of wood screws.
         (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of
             cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work
             successively, for making screws and other turned
             pieces from metal rods.
  
     Screw pine (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus
        Pandanus, of which there are about fifty species,
        natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; --
        named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like
        leaves.
  
     Screw plate, a device for cutting threads on small screws,
        consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of
        perforations with internal screws forming dies.
  
     Screw press, a press in which pressure is exerted by means
        of a screw.
  
     Screw propeller, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in
        the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel
        propelled by a screw.
  
     Screw shell (Zo["o]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod
        shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied
        genera. See Turritella.
  
     Screw steamer, a steamship propelled by a screw.
  
     Screw thread, the spiral rib which forms a screw.
  
     Screw stone (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite.
  
     Screw tree (Bot.), any plant of the genus Helicteres,
        consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs,
        with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled
        capsules; -- also called twisted-horn, and twisty.
  
     Screw valve, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a
        screw.
  
     Screw worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an American fly
        ({Compsomyia macellaria), allied to the blowflies, which
        sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about
        wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results.
  
     Screw wrench.
         (a) A wrench for turning a screw.
         (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a
             screw.
  
     To put the screws on or To put the screw on, to use
        pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce.
        
  
     To put under the screw or To put under the screws, to
        subject to pressure; to force.
  
     Wood screw, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse
        pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of
        Wood screw, under Wood.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Worm \Worm\ (w[^u]rm), n. [OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D.
     worm, OS. & G. wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth.
     wa['u]rms, L. vermis, Gr. ? a wood worm. Cf. Vermicelli,
     Vermilion, Vermin.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a
        serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like. [Archaic]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his
              hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang
              on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a
              murderer.                             --Tyndale
                                                    (Acts xxviii.
                                                    3, 4).
        [1913 Webster]
  
              'T is slander,
              Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
              Outvenoms all the worms of Nile.      --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm,
              His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks.
                                                    --Longfellow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely
        without feet, or with very short ones, including a great
        variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.
        Specifically: (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Any helminth; an entozo["o]n.
        (b) Any annelid.
        (c) An insect larva.
        (d) pl. Same as Vermes.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts
        one's mind with remorse.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A being debased and despised.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I am a worm, and no man.              --Ps. xxii. 6.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm; as:
        (a) The thread of a screw.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  The threads of screws, when bigger than can be
                  made in screw plates, are called worms. --Moxon.
            [1913 Webster]
        (b) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double
            corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
        (c) (Anat.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some
            animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.
        (d) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound
            to economize space. See Illust. of Still.
        (e) (Mach.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which
            drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into
            its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing,
            below.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Worm abscess (Med.), an abscess produced by the irritation
        resulting from the lodgment of a worm in some part of the
        body.
  
     Worm fence. See under Fence.
  
     Worm gear. (Mach.)
        (a) A worm wheel.
        (b) Worm gearing.
  
     Worm gearing, gearing consisting of a worm and worm wheel
        working together.
  
     Worm grass. (Bot.)
        (a) See Pinkroot, 2
        (a) .
        (b) The white stonecrop ({Sedum album) reputed to have
            qualities as a vermifuge. --Dr. Prior.
  
     Worm oil (Med.), an anthelmintic consisting of oil obtained
        from the seeds of Chenopodium anthelminticum.
  
     Worm powder (Med.), an anthelmintic powder.
  
     Worm snake. (Zo["o]l.) See Thunder snake
        (b), under Thunder.
  
     Worm tea (Med.), an anthelmintic tea or tisane.
  
     Worm tincture (Med.), a tincture prepared from dried
        earthworms, oil of tartar, spirit of wine, etc. [Obs.]
  
     Worm wheel, a cogwheel having teeth formed to fit into the
        spiral spaces of a screw called a worm, so that the wheel
        may be turned by, or may turn, the worm; -- called also
        worm gear, and sometimes tangent wheel. See Illust. of
        Worm gearing, above.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Worm \Worm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wormed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Worming.]
     To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           When debates and fretting jealousy
           Did worm and work within you more and more,
           Your color faded.                        --Herbert.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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
              desire to tell.                       --Dickens.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge
        from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5
        (b) .
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a
        dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw.
        The operation was formerly supposed to guard against
        canine madness.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The men assisted the laird in his sporting parties,
              wormed his dogs, and cut the ears of his terrier
              puppies.                              --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Naut.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally
        round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with
        spun yarn, as a small rope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ropes . . . are generally wormed before they are
              served.                               --Totten.
        [1913 Webster]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To worm one's self into, to enter into gradually by arts
        and insinuations; as, to worm one's self into favor.
        [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

  worm n. [from `tapeworm' in John Brunner's novel "The Shockwave Rider",
     via XEROX PARC] A program that propagates itself over a network,
     reproducing itself as it goes. Compare virus. Nowadays the term has
     negative connotations, as it is assumed that only crackers write
     worms. Perhaps the best-known example was Robert T. Morris's Great
     Worm of 1988, a `benign' one that got out of control and hogged
     hundreds of Suns and VAXen across the U.S. See also cracker, RTM,
     Trojan horse, ice.
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :   [ vera ]

  WORM
       Write Once Read Many (CD)
       
       

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Worm \Worm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wormed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Worming.]
     To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
  
           When debates and fretting jealousy Did worm and work
           within you more and more, Your color faded. --Herbert.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Worm \Worm\ (w[^u]rm), n. [OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D.
     worm, OS. & G. wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth.
     wa['u]rms, L. vermis, Gr. ? a wood worm. Cf. Vermicelli,
     Vermilion, Vermin.]
     1. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a
        serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like. [Archaic]
  
              There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his
              hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang
              on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a
              murderer.                             --Tyndale
                                                    (Acts xxviii.
                                                    3, 4).
  
              'T is slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword,
              whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm, His
              mouth he opened and displayed his tusks.
                                                    --Longfellow.
  
     2. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely
        without feet, or with very short ones, including a great
        variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.
        Specifically: (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) Any helminth; an entozo["o]n.
        (b) Any annelid.
        (c) An insect larva.
        (d) pl. Same as Vermes.
  
     3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts
        one's mind with remorse.
  
              The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!
                                                    --Shak.
  
     4. A being debased and despised.
  
              I am a worm, and no man.              --Ps. xxii. 6.
  
     5. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm; as:
        (a) The thread of a screw.
  
                  The threads of screws, when bigger than can be
                  made in screw plates, are called worms. --Moxon.
        (b) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double
            corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
        (c) (Anat.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some
            animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.
        (d) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound
            to economize space. See Illust. of Still.
        (e) (Mach.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which
            drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into
            its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing,
            below.
  
     Worm abscess (Med.), an abscess produced by the irritation
        resulting from the lodgment of a worm in some part of the
        body.
  
     Worm fence. See under Fence.
  
     Worm gear. (Mach.)
        (a) A worm wheel.
        (b) Worm gearing.
  
     Worm gearing, gearing consisting of a worm and worm wheel
        working together.
  
     Worm grass. (Bot.)
        (a) See Pinkroot, 2
        (a) .
        (b) The white stonecrop ({Sedum album) reputed to have
            qualities as a vermifuge. --Dr. Prior.
  
     Worm oil (Med.), an anthelmintic consisting of oil obtained
        from the seeds of Chenopodium anthelminticum.
  
     Worm powder (Med.), an anthelmintic powder.
  
     Worm snake. (Zo["o]l.) See Thunder snake
        (b), under Thunder.
  
     Worm tea (Med.), an anthelmintic tea or tisane.
  
     Worm tincture (Med.), a tincture prepared from dried
        earthworms, oil of tartar, spirit of wine, etc. [Obs.]
  
     Worm wheel, a cogwheel having teeth formed to fit into the
        spiral spaces of a screw called a worm, so that the wheel
        may be turned by, or may turn, the worm; -- called also
        worm gear, and sometimes tangent wheel. See Illust. of
        Worm gearing, above.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Worm \Worm\, v. t.
     1. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and
        secret means; -- often followed by out.
  
              They find themselves wormed out of all power.
                                                    --Swift.
  
              They . . . wormed things out of me that I had no
              desire to tell.                       --Dickens.
  
     2. To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge
        from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5
        (b) .
  
     3. To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a
        dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw.
        The operation was formerly supposed to guard against
        canine madness.
  
              The men assisted the laird in his sporting parties,
              wormed his dogs, and cut the ears of his terrier
              puppies.                              --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     4. (Naut.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally
        round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with
        spun yarn, as a small rope.
  
              Ropes . . . are generally wormed before they are
              served.                               --Totten.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe,
     female screw, F. ['e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in
     LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a
     screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.]
     1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a
        continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it
        spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a
        continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, --
        used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or
        pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of
        the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the
        threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being
        distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more
        usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female
        screw, or, more usually, the nut.
  
     Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of
           the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a
           right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the
           hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the
           screw, its base equaling the circumference of the
           cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread.
  
     2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a
        head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver.
        Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to
        fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw
        nails. See also Screw bolt, below.
  
     3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of
        wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the
        stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal
        surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a
        screw. See Screw propeller, below.
  
     4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a
        screw steamer; a propeller.
  
     5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
        --Thackeray.
  
     6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary
        severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a
        student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges]
  
     7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew.
  
     8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and
        commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton.
  
     9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite
        linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th
        Pitch, 10
        (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid
            body, which may always be made to consist of a
            rotation about an axis combined with a translation
            parallel to that axis.
  
     10. (Zo["o]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw
         ({Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.
  
     Archimedes screw, Compound screw, Foot screw, etc. See
        under Archimedes, Compound, Foot, etc.
  
     A screw loose, something out of order, so that work is not
        done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H.
        Martineau.
  
     Endless, or perpetual, screw, a screw used to give motion
        to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between
        the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a worm.
  
     Lag screw. See under Lag.
  
     Micrometer screw, a screw with fine threads, used for the
        measurement of very small spaces.
  
     Right and left screw, a screw having threads upon the
        opposite ends which wind in opposite directions.
  
     Screw alley. See Shaft alley, under Shaft.
  
     Screw bean. (Bot.)
         (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree
             ({Prosopis pubescens) growing from Texas to
             California. It is used for fodder, and ground into
             meal by the Indians.
         (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for
             fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties.
  
     Screw bolt, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in
        distinction from a key bolt. See 1st Bolt, 3.
  
     Screw box, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the
        thread on a wooden screw.
  
     Screw dock. See under Dock.
  
     Screw engine, a marine engine for driving a screw
        propeller.
  
     Screw gear. See Spiral gear, under Spiral.
  
     Screw jack. Same as Jackscrew.
  
     Screw key, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner
        wrench.
  
     Screw machine.
         (a) One of a series of machines employed in the
             manufacture of wood screws.
         (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of
             cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work
             successively, for making screws and other turned
             pieces from metal rods.
  
     Screw pine (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus
        Pandanus, of which there are about fifty species,
        natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; --
        named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like
        leaves.
  
     Screw plate, a device for cutting threads on small screws,
        consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of
        perforations with internal screws forming dies.
  
     Screw press, a press in which pressure is exerted by means
        of a screw.
  
     Screw propeller, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in
        the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel
        propelled by a screw.
  
     Screw shell (Zo["o]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod
        shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied
        genera. See Turritella.
  
     Screw steamer, a steamship propelled by a screw.
  
     Screw thread, the spiral rib which forms a screw.
  
     Screw stone (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite.
  
     Screw tree (Bot.), any plant of the genus Helicteres,
        consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs,
        with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled
        capsules; -- also called twisted-horn, and twisty.
  
     Screw valve, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a
        screw.
  
     Screw worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an American fly
        ({Compsomyia macellaria), allied to the blowflies, which
        sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about
        wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results.
  
     Screw wrench.
         (a) A wrench for turning a screw.
         (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a
             screw.
  
     To put the screw, or screws, on, to use pressure upon,
        as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce.
  
     To put under the screw or screws, to subject to pressure;
        to force.
  
     Wood screw, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse
        pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of
        Wood screw, under Wood.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  worm
       n 1: 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: a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving
          of respect [syn: louse, insect, dirt ball]
       3: 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: screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or
          rack
       v : 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"
           [syn: writhe, wrestle, wriggle, squirm, twist]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  worm
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 σκουλήκι
     2 (ετ πληροφ en) σκουλήκι, κακόβουλο λογισμικό (malware) σε δίκτυο
  υπολογιστών <ref>Άγγελος Κυρίτσης,
  [https://www.pcsteps.gr/1543-%cf%84%ce%b9-%ce%b4%ce%b9%ce%b1%cf%86%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%ac-%ce%ad%cf%87%ce%b5%ce%b9-%ce%ad%ce%bd%ce%b1%cf%82-%ce%b9%cf%8c%cf%82-%cf%85%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%bf%ce%b3%ce%b9%cf%83%cf%84%ce%ae-%ce%ad%ce%bd/
  Τι διαφορά έχει ένας ιός υπολογιστή, ένα trojan, ένα spyware και τα
  υπόλοιπα malware?], από pcsteps.gr. Δημοσίευση 2013-11-05.
  [https://web.archive.org/web/20170716071657/https://www.pcsteps.gr/1543-%CF%84%CE%B9-%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AC-%CE%AD%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B9-%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%82-%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE-%CE%AD%CE%BD/
  Αρχειοθέτηση] 2017-07-16. Προσπέλαση 2020-08-19.</ref>

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  worm
     Dutch n.
     #English, (n-g: vernacular term for various, mostly legless
  invertebrates; often nematodes or legless arthropod larvae.)
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl wormen  1 s pres ind ; imp)
     Middle English n.
     1 A (l en worm) or similar small wormlike animal that lives in the
  ground; especially in the following special senses:
     2 # A wormish insect that damages plants or plant-based material
  (gloss: e.g. a termite).
     3 # A wormish insect that damages human remains.
     4 # A parasitic (l en worm); especially one living in the stomach.
     5 A crawling animal; an animal that moves upon the ground.
     6 An animal regarded as harmful and annoying.
     7 A snake or snake-like monster.
     8 A dragon, drake, or wyrm (gloss: mythological fire-breathing winged
  lizard)
     9 A beast that inhabits Hell; causing suffering to its inhabitants.
     10 A pauper, miser, or other contemptuous individual.
     11 regret, forgiveness; the twanging of the heartstrings.
     12 evil, malice; that which promotes maliciousness.
     13 (lb enm Biblical) The snake of Eden.
     14 (lb enm Christianity rare) Satan, the Devil.
     15 (lb enm veterinary rare) A muscle underneath the tongue of a dog
  seen as increasing the risk of rabies.
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt computer security) (l en worm) (gloss: self-replicating
  program)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Worm
     n.
     (surname: en).
     Plautdietsch n.
     worm

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  WORM
     n.
     (lb en computing) Write once read many (or read multiple), with
  regards to a disc medium. See write once.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  worm
     n.
     A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make (one's way) with a crawl motion.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Worm
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  WORM
     n.
     (lb en computing) Write once read many (or read multiple), with
  regards to a disc medium. See write once.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  worm
     Dutch n.
     #English, (n-g: vernacular term for various, mostly legless
  invertebrates; often nematodes or legless arthropod larvae.)
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl wormen  1 s pres ind ; imp)
     Middle English n.
     1 A (l en worm) or similar small wormlike animal that lives in the
  ground; especially in the following special senses:
     2 # A wormish insect that damages plants or plant-based material
  (gloss: e.g. a termite).
     3 # A wormish insect that damages human remains.
     4 # A parasitic (l en worm); especially one living in the stomach.
     5 A crawling animal; an animal that moves upon the ground.
     6 An animal regarded as harmful and annoying.
     7 A snake or snake-like monster.
     8 A dragon, drake, or wyrm (gloss: mythological fire-breathing winged
  lizard)
     9 A beast that inhabits Hell; causing suffering to its inhabitants.
     10 A pauper, miser, or other contemptuous individual.
     11 regret, forgiveness; the twanging of the heartstrings.
     12 evil, malice; that which promotes maliciousness.
     13 (lb enm Biblical) The snake of Eden.
     14 (lb enm Christianity rare) Satan, the Devil.
     15 (lb enm veterinary rare) A muscle underneath the tongue of a dog
  seen as increasing the risk of rabies.
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt computer security) (l en worm) (gloss: self-replicating
  program)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Worm
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  WORM
     n.
     (lb en computing) Write once read many (or read multiple), with
  regards to a disc medium. See write once.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  worm
     Dutch n.
     #English, (n-g: vernacular term for various, mostly legless
  invertebrates; often nematodes or legless arthropod larvae.)
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl wormen  1 s pres ind ; imp)
     Middle English n.
     1 A (l en worm) or similar small wormlike animal that lives in the
  ground; especially in the following special senses:
     2 # A wormish insect that damages plants or plant-based material
  (gloss: e.g. a termite).
     3 # A wormish insect that damages human remains.
     4 # A parasitic (l en worm); especially one living in the stomach.
     5 A crawling animal; an animal that moves upon the ground.
     6 An animal regarded as harmful and annoying.
     7 A snake or snake-like monster.
     8 A dragon, drake, or wyrm (gloss: mythological fire-breathing winged
  lizard)
     9 A beast that inhabits Hell; causing suffering to its inhabitants.
     10 A pauper, miser, or other contemptuous individual.
     11 regret, forgiveness; the twanging of the heartstrings.
     12 evil, malice; that which promotes maliciousness.
     13 (lb enm Biblical) The snake of Eden.
     14 (lb enm Christianity rare) Satan, the Devil.
     15 (lb enm veterinary rare) A muscle underneath the tongue of a dog
  seen as increasing the risk of rabies.
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt computer security) (l en worm) (gloss: self-replicating
  program)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Worm
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  WORM
     n.
     (lb en computing) Write once read many (or read multiple), with
  regards to a disc medium. See write once.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  worm
     Englanti n.
     1 mato
     2 (yhteys tekniikka k=en) kierre
     Englanti vb.
     ryömiä, madella

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  worm
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat=djur språk=en) mask
     2 stackare

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/
  wurm

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Worm /wˈɜːm/
  الدّودة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  worm //wɜːm// //wɝm// 
  1. че́рвей, червей
  animal
  2. жа́лко същество́, него́дник
  contemptible being
  3. драко́н
  dragon or mythological serpent
  4. шнек
  something helical, especially the thread of a screw

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  worm //wɜːm// //wɝm// 
  провирам се
  to make one's way with a crawling motion

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/ 
  žížala

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/ 
  červ

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/
  Made 
     Synonym: maggot
  
   see: maggots
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/
  Schnecke  [techn.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/
  Schneckengewinde  [techn.]
     Synonym: wormthread
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/
  Schraubengewinde 
     Synonym: bolt thread
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/
  Wurm 
   see: worms, little worm, Do I have to drag it out of you (piece by piece)?
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/ 
  ein Tier entwurmen  [med.]
        "deworming an animal"  - ein Tier entwurmend
        "dewormed an animal"  - ein Tier entwurmt
        "have a dog wormed"  - einen Hund entwurmen lassen
     Synonym: deworm an animal
  
   see: worming, wormed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/ 
  sich winden 
   see: worming, wormed, worms, wormed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/ 
  zwängen 
           Note: in
   see: worming, wormed
  
           Note: into

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  worm //wɜːm// //wɝm// 
  1. mato 2.
  animal
   3.
  self-replicating program
  2. luihu
  contemptible being
  3. käärme
  dragon or mythological serpent
  4. jengat, kierre
  something helical, especially the thread of a screw

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  worm //wɜːm// //wɝm// 
  madella
  to move with one's body dragging the ground

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  worm /wəːm/
  ver

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/ 
  1. कीड़ा
        "He is dissecting a worm."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/ 
  1. कीडे~निकालना
        "The horses should be wormed often."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/
  crv, glista, gmizati, program koji se preslikava putem mreže i uzrokuje, puž

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/
  1. kukac
  2. csôkígyó
  3. nyû
  4. fojtáskivevô
  5. csavarmenet
  6. csigamenet
  7. féreg
  8. utolsó rongy alak
  9. csavarmenetes rúd
  10. veszettségi féreg
  11. kígyócsô
  12. giliszta
  13. hernyó
  14. csigafúró
  15. lyssa
  16. hitvány féreg
  17. ellenszenves ember
  18. féregnyúlvány
  19. pondró
  20. végtelen csavar

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  worm //wɜːm// //wɝm// 
  cacing 2.
  animal
   3.
  self-replicating program

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/
  verme

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  worm //wɜːm// //wɝm// 
  ワーム, 蠕虫
  animal

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  worm /wəːm/
  vermis

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  worm /wəːm/
  1. kirmėlė
  2. sraigtas (tech.)
  3. įsiskverbti, šliaužti, ropoti

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  worm /wəːm/
  worm, wurm

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  worm //wɜːm// //wɝm// 
  orm
  animal

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  worm //wɜːm// //wɝm// 
  kravle, krype, åle
  to move with one's body dragging the ground

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  worm /wəːm/
  bicho, verme

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  worm /wəːm/
  gusano

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  worm //wɜːm// //wɝm// 
  1. mask
  animal
  2. kräk, stackare
  contemptible being
  3. drake, orm
  dragon or mythological serpent
  4. nätmask, mask
  self-replicating program

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/
  1. kurt, solucan, askarit
  2. aşağılık kimse, pısırık kimse
  3. (anat.) apandis
  4. vidanın helezoni kısmı
  5. helezon dişlisi, sarmal sonsuz vida
  6. helezoni boru
  7. (çoğ.) bağırsak solucanı hastalığı. worm eel mırmır balığı, (zool.) Echulus myrus. worm fence yılankavi çit. worm gear sonsuz vida dişlisi. worm wheel sonsuz vida çarkı. The worm will turn. Fazla üstüne varılınca en pısırık kimse bile ifrit kesilir.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  worm /wˈɜːm/
  1. kurt düşürmek
  2. (den.) halatın üzerine sicim sarmak
  3. köpeğin dili altındaki siniri kesmek. worm in (veya) into kurnazlıkla girmek, sokulmak. worm it out of one karşısındakinin ağzından ustalıkla laf almak. worm one' way through the crowd kalabalık arasından kendine yol açarak geçmek.

From Nederlands-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-bul ]

  worm //ʋɔrm// 
  червей
  1. een betrekkelijk klein, lang, ongewerveld dier met een zacht lichaam

From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:nld-deu ]

  worm /wɔrm/
  1. Regenwurm 
  2. Wurm 

From Nederlands-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-ell ]

  worm //ʋɔrm// 
  σκουλήκι
  1. een betrekkelijk klein, lang, ongewerveld dier met een zacht lichaam

From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-eng ]

  worm /wɔrm/
  1. earthworm
  2. worm

From Nederlands-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-fin ]

  worm //ʋɔrm// 
  mato
  1. een betrekkelijk klein, lang, ongewerveld dier met een zacht lichaam

From Nederlands-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-fra ]

  worm /wɔrm/
  1. lombric, ver de terre
  2. ver

From Nederlands-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2018.09.13 :   [ freedict:nld-ita ]

  worm //ʋɔrm// 
   [1. een betrekkelijk klein, lang, ongewerveld dier met een zacht lichaam] verme, baco

From Nederlands-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-lat ]

  worm //ʋɔrm// 
  vermis
  1. een betrekkelijk klein, lang, ongewerveld dier met een zacht lichaam

From Nederlands-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:nld-lit ]

  worm //ʋɔrm// 
  kirmėlė
  1. een betrekkelijk klein, lang, ongewerveld dier met een zacht lichaam

From Nederlands-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-pol ]

  worm //ʋɔrm// 
  robak
  1. een betrekkelijk klein, lang, ongewerveld dier met een zacht lichaam

From Nederlands-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-por ]

  worm //ʋɔrm// 
  verme
  1. een betrekkelijk klein, lang, ongewerveld dier met een zacht lichaam

From Nederlands-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-rus ]

  worm //ʋɔrm// 
  червь
  1. een betrekkelijk klein, lang, ongewerveld dier met een zacht lichaam

From Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-spa ]

  worm //ʋɔrm// 
  1. gusano, lombriz, entozoario
  1. een betrekkelijk klein, lang, ongewerveld dier met een zacht lichaam
  2. tornillo sin fin
  4.

From Nederlands-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-swe ]

  worm //ʋɔrm// 
  mask
  1. een betrekkelijk klein, lang, ongewerveld dier met een zacht lichaam

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  Worm
  Worm

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈwɝm/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  134 Moby Thesaurus words for "worm":
     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, dry rot, earthworm, earworm, edge in,
     fireworm, fishworm, foist, fungus, go dead slow, go on tiptoe,
     go slow, grovel, gumshoe, helminth, hobble, hound, hyena, idle,
     inch, inch along, inchworm, infiltrate, insect, intort, jog-trot,
     laze, leech, limp, looper, lowlife, meander, measuring worm,
     mildew, mold, mongrel, mosey, moth, moth and rust, mucker, must,
     nematode, night crawler, nightwalk, nightwalker, no-good, pad,
     pest, pig, poke, poke along, polecat, prowl, pussyfoot, reptile,
     rot, rust, saunter, scallop, scrabble, scramble, screw, serpent,
     serpentine, shuffle along, sidle, silkworm, skunk, slink, smut,
     snake, sneak, squiggle, squirm, stagger along, steal, steal along,
     stroll, swine, swirl, tapeworm, tippytoe, tiptoe, toddle,
     toddle along, totter along, traipse, turn, tussah, twine, twirl,
     twist, twist and turn, varmint, vermin, viper, waddle, walk,
     webworm, whelp, whirl, whorl, wiggle, wind, wireworm, woodworm,
     work in, worm along, wring, writhe
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 虫;
  v. 蠕行,慢慢前进;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 虫,蠕虫,蚯蚓,小人物,螺纹,蜗杆
     vi. 蠕行,慢慢前进
     vt. 使蠕行,慢慢地走  ; 
  网络病毒,(可以在网络上传播的病毒)

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