worm
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 (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
wormy
• Hypernyms:
invertebrate
• Hyponyms:
helminth, parasitic worm, woodworm, acanthocephalan, spiny-headed worm,
arrowworm, chaetognath, flatworm, platyhelminth, ribbon worm, nemertean,
nemertine, proboscis worm, beard worm, pogonophoran, nematode, nematode worm,
roundworm, annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm
2. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
louse, insect, dirt ball
• Hypernyms:
unpleasant person, disagreeable person
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
• Hypernyms:
malevolent program
4. screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
• Hypernyms:
screw
• Part Holonyms:
worm gear
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
• Derivationally related forms:
twist (for: twist), twister (for: twist), squirmer (for: squirm), squirm (for: squirm), wriggler (for: wriggle), wriggle (for: wriggle)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
wrench
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
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