wormed
Dictionary
verb
- To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
"We wormed our way through the underbrush."
- To move with one's body dragging the ground.
- To work one's way by artful or devious means.
- To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
"He wormed his way into the organization"
- To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out.
- (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 pleading or asking repeatedly).
- To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.
"Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way."
- To deworm (an animal).
- 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.
- To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
adjective
- Affected with woodworm.
- Infested with parasitic worms.
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