Meaning of "worm" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WORM

Old English wyrm; related to Old Frisian wirm, Old High German wurm, Old Norse ormr, Gothic waurms, Latin vermis, Greek romos woodworm.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WORM

wɜːm

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORM

Worm is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb worm in English.

WHAT DOES WORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Worm

The term worm /ˈwɜrm/ is used in everyday language to describe many different distantly related animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body and no legs. Worms vary in size from microscopic to over 1 metre in length for marine polychaete worms, 6.7 metres for the African giant earthworm, Microchaetus, and 55 metres for the marine nemertean worm, Lineus longissimus. Various types of worm occupy a small variety of parasitic niches, living inside the bodies of other animals. Free-living worm species may live on land, in marine or freshwater environments, or burrow. In biology, "worm" refers to an obsolete taxon used by Carolus Linnaeus and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck for all non-arthropod invertebrate animals, and stems from the Old English word wyrm. Most animals called "worms" are invertebrates, but the term is also used for the amphibian caecilians and the slow worm Anguis, a legless burrowing lizard.

Definition of worm in the English dictionary

The first definition of worm in the dictionary is any of various invertebrates, esp the annelids, nematodes, and flatworms, having a slender elongated body related adjective vermicular. Other definition of worm is any of various insect larvae having an elongated body, such as the silkworm and wireworm. Worm is also any of various unrelated animals that resemble annelids, nematodes, etc, such as the glow-worm and shipworm.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WORM

PRESENT

Present

I worm

you worm

he/she/it worms

we worm

you worm

they worm

Present continuous

I am worming

you are worming

he/she/it is worming

we are worming

you are worming

they are worming

Present perfect

I have wormed

you have wormed

he/she/it has wormed

we have wormed

you have wormed

they have wormed

Present perfect continuous

I have been worming

you have been worming

he/she/it has been worming

we have been worming

you have been worming

they have been worming

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I wormed

you wormed

he/she/it wormed

we wormed

you wormed

they wormed

Past continuous

I was worming

you were worming

he/she/it was worming

we were worming

you were worming

they were worming

Past perfect

I had wormed

you had wormed

he/she/it had wormed

we had wormed

you had wormed

they had wormed

Past perfect continuous

I had been worming

you had been worming

he/she/it had been worming

we had been worming

you had been worming

they had been worming

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will worm

you will worm

he/she/it will worm

we will worm

you will worm

they will worm

Future continuous

I will be worming

you will be worming

he/she/it will be worming

we will be worming

you will be worming

they will be worming

Future perfect

I will have wormed

you will have wormed

he/she/it will have wormed

we will have wormed

you will have wormed

they will have wormed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been worming

you will have been worming

he/she/it will have been worming

we will have been worming

you will have been worming

they will have been worming

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would worm

you would worm

he/she/it would worm

we would worm

you would worm

they would worm

Conditional continuous

I would be worming

you would be worming

he/she/it would be worming

we would be worming

you would be worming

they would be worming

Conditional perfect

I would have worm

you would have worm

he/she/it would have worm

we would have worm

you would have worm

they would have worm

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been worming

you would have been worming

he/she/it would have been worming

we would have been worming

you would have been worming

they would have been worming

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you worm
we let´s worm
you worm

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to worm

Past participle

wormed

Present Participle

worming

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF WORM

Find out the translation of worm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of worm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «worm» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 蠕虫
• Translator English - Spanish: gusano
• English: worm
• Translator English - Hindi: कीड़ा
• Translator English - Arabic: دُودَة
• Translator English - Russian: червь
• Translator English - Portuguese: minhoca
• Translator English - Bengali: কীট
• Translator English - French: ver
• Translator English - Malay: Cacing
• Translator English - German: Wurm
• Translator English - Japanese: 虫
• Translator English - Korean: 지렁이
• Translator English - Javanese: Cacing
• Translator English - Vietnamese: con giun
• Translator English - Tamil: புழு
• Translator English - Marathi: कीटक
• Translator English - Turkish: solucan
• Translator English - Italian: verme
• Translator English - Polish: robak
• Translator English - Ukrainian: черв´як
• Translator English - Romanian: vierme
• Translator English - Greek: γαιοσκώληκας
• Translator English - Afrikaans: wurm
• Translator English - Swedish: mask
• Translator English - Norwegian: mark

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORM»

Discover the use of worm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to worm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Worm: The First Digital World War

Using the history of the Conficker computer worm as a centerpiece, the author discusses the war raging over the Internet, between those who want to exploit it and those who aim to protect it.

Mark Bowden, 2011

Diary of a Worm

One small worm . one big world! This is the diary . of a worm. This worm lives with his parents, plays with his friends, and even goes to school.

Doreen Cronin, 2003

Worm

A simple introduction to the physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, predators, habitat, and lifespan of worms.

Jill Bailey, 2006

The Tequila Worm

Here are her tales of growing up in the barrio in McAllen, Texas, full of the magic and mystery of family traditions: making Easter cascarones, celebrating el Dia de los Muertos, preparing for quinceañera, rejoicing in the Christmas ...

Viola Canales, 2007

The Lair of the White Worm

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.

Bram Stoker, 2014

Design and application of the worm gear

The author has extensive experience in the field and has written this book for gear designers and manufacturers, gear users, and mechanical engineering students.

William P. Crosher, 2002

The Theory and Practice of Worm Gear Drives

Included are mathematical models for a number of practical applications; a description of dressing equipment required; treatment of inspection and measurement; the use of intelligent systems; worm gearing for power transmission; selection ...

Ilés Dudás, 2005

The Worm Ouroboros

Generations of readers have joyfully lost themselves in the timeless worlds of The Worm Ouroboros. This new edition, magnificently illustrated with the classic original images, continues the enchantment.

E. R. Eddison, 2006

I Am the Ice Worm

When the plane carrying her to visit her mother crashes above the Arctic Circle, fourteen-year-old Allison Atwood is rescued by an Inupiat man who takes her back to his village, where she slowly comes to admire their very different way of ...

MaryAnn Easley, 2004

Winnie Finn, Worm Farmer

Winnie Finn raises earthworms, which help her neighbors win prizes at the county fair. Includes instructions on making a worm farm.

Carol Brendler, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term worm is used in the context of the following news items.

Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs

What's more, the researchers have designed a proof-of-concept worm for the first time that would allow a firmware attack to spread automatically from MacBook ... «Wired, Aug 15»

50-Million-Year-Old Worm Sperm Found Preserved In Antarctica

(Or, at the very least, awesome memes) But what about worm sperm trapped in a cocoon? It probably won't lead to insane theme parks with a death wish, but it ... «Popular Science, Jul 15»

Armored Spiky Worm Had 30 Legs, Will Haunt Your Nightmares

A spiky, wormlike creature with 30 legs — 18 clawed rear legs and 12 featherlike front legs that likely helped it filter food from the water — once lived in the ... «Live Science, Jun 15»

After 50 years, scientists discover head of the insane Hallucigenia …

And the people who found the 0.5-inch long fossil had classified it as an annelid worm — worms that include leeches and earthworms. But when Conway-Morris ... «The Verge, Jun 15»

Alien-Like Worm Invades US

A bizarre invasive worm with its mouth in the middle of its belly has been found in the United States for the first time, according to new research. The New Guinea ... «Live Science, Jun 15»

Worms in Texas have been behaving strangely since the storms

Worms have been known to arrange themselves in clumps such as this, and are often called 'earthworm herds.' The creatures often do this when they are in ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»

New app uses a cellphone camera to detect dangerous 'eye worm …

A new mobile phone microscope -- combined with a specially developed app -- can quickly and effectively diagnose the parasitic Loa loa worm in patients' ... «Washington Post, May 15»

'Game of Thrones' Season 5: Grey Worm and Barristan are the latest …

game of thrones grey worm daenerys barristan hbo 'Game of Thrones' Season 5: UPDATE: Ian McElhinney confirms that Barristan is in fact dead in an interview ... «Zap2it.com, May 15»

Bone Eating 'Zombie' Worm Has Been Around For 100 Million Years

One of the weirdest of these opportunistic scavengers is a group of worms known as Osedax, a genus of bone-eaters found in oceans all over the world. «Popular Science, Apr 15»

'Watch Out, Guinea Worm, Here Comes Jimmy Carter'

This past fall, President Jimmy Carter, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, celebrated his 90th birthday. Looking ahead, he's also hoping to celebrate the ... «NPR, Jan 15»