Word Image
plural: worms
Part Of Speech
noun, verb
Word Meaning
noun: any of various long creeping or crawling animals (as a grub or tapeworm) that usually have soft bodies; a person who is hated or pitied; a usually small self-contained and self-replicating computer program that invades computers on a network and usually performs a destructive action
verb: to obtain by cleverness or trickery or by pleading or persuading; to move, go, or work slowly in the manner of a worm; to rid (as a dog) of parasitic worms
Word Family
wormed
worming
wormy
wormier
wormiest
wormer
deworm
wormlike
wormhole
tapeworm
earthworm
mealworm
tapeworm
hookworm
inchworm
ringworm
bookworm
roundworm
heartworm
silkworm
Sentences
I have to worm my dog again with a dewormer.
We always used worms as bait for fishing.
Each year our cucumbers get worms that eat through the fruits.
The clever fox wormed his way out of the trap.
I often see earthworms in the garden.
These are the wormiest apples we’ve ever grown!
The tiny inchworm made its way across the sidewalk.
The stray dogs need to be cared for and wormed.
I always managed to worm my way into a job.
Recharge the old potting soil with worm castings and compost, then use it with new plants.
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