Definizione monolingua

worm

worm (third-person singular simple present worms, present participle worming, simple past and past participle wormed)

1. (transitive) To make (ones way) with a crawling motion.

   We wormed our way through the underbrush.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To work (ones way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.

   He wormed his way into the organization

3. (transitive, figuratively) To obtain information from someone through artful or devious means (usually used with out of)
   • 1913, Marie Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger

     Ive got a awkard job - to try and worm something out of the barmaid.

4. (transitive, nautical) To fill in the contlines of a rope before parcelling and serving.

   Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.

5. (transitive) To deworm an animal.
6. (intransitive) To move with ones body dragging the ground.
   • 1919, William Joseph Long, How animals talk: and other pleasant studies of birds and beast?

     Inch by inch I wormed along the secret passageway, flat to the ground, not once raising my head, hardly daring to pull a full breath [...]

7. (intransitive, figuratively) To work ones way by artful or devious means.

worm (plural worms)

1. A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum.
2. A contemptible or devious being.

   Dont try to run away, you little worm!

3. (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates widely through a network.
4. (cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings.
5. Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
6. (archaic) A dragon or mythological serpent.
7. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts ones mind with remorse.

   The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul! — Richard III, William Shakespeare

Definizione dizionario worm

	verme
	self-replicating program
	animal
	A self-replicating program that propagates widely through a network.

	miserabile
	contemptible being

	svermare
	To rid of intestinal worms.

	sverminare
	To rid of intestinal worms.

	worm
	Self-propagating malicious code that can automatically distribute itself from one computer to another through network connections. A worm can take harmful action, such as consuming network or local system resources, possibly causing a denial of service attack.

baco

insetto

larva

lombrico

strsciare

vite senza fine

vèrmene-jèrmene

vìsculu

Altri significati:

Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.

internal tormentor

to get (into) gradually or slowly

(intransitive, figuratively) To work one's way by artful or devious means.

(transitive, figuratively) To obtain information from someone through artful or devious means (usually used with '''out of''' )

something helical, especially the thread of a screw

(intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.

(transitive) To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.

(computing) A self-replicating program that propagates widely through a network.

An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.

A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum.

(transitive) To deworm an animal.

to move with one's body dragging the ground

(cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings.

dragon or mythological serpent

(transitive, figuratively) To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.

(transitive, nautical) To fill in the contlines of a rope before parcelling and serving.

(archaic) A dragon or mythological serpent.

worm (used figuratively as a term of abuse)

A contemptible or devious being.