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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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