Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "worm" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

bottle of tequila end of line

Capable Of

crawl down street turn into buterfly

Derived Terms

Asian jumping worm Bobbit worm Christmas tree worm Gordian worm Grindal worm Guinea worm disease Mongolian death worm Moser's worm problem Pompeii worm Wormworld Y worm anchor worm angleworm antiworm apple worm army worm army-worm armyworm arrow worm arrowworm backworm bagworm* bankrupt worm basketworm beard worm beetworm blackworm bladder worm bladderworm blindworm blood worm* bollworm* bone-eating snot flower worm book worm book-worm bookworm bootlace worm brain worm brain-worm brainworm bristle worm budworm buffalo worm burp the worm butt worm buzzworm cabbage worm caddis worm caddisworm cankerworm caseworm catworm clam worm cockworm coconut worm common glow-worm coneworm copperworm cornworm cotton worm cryptoworm cutworm deepwater big-eyed worm eel deworm dewworm dragon worm dropworm ear worm ear-worm early bird catches the worm earthworm earworm eelworm eigenworm even a worm will turn eyeworm feather duster worm fireworm fishing worm fishworm flagworm flatworm fleshworm flukeworm fruitworm galley worm galley-worm gapeworm giant thorny-headed worm of swine giant tube worm glow-worm glowworm gnatworm goblet worm gourdworm groundworm grubworm grugru worm guinea worm guinea-worm gummy worm gun worm hairworm heartworm herring worm hookworm hornworm horsehair worm horseshoe worm horseworm ice worm inchworm innkeeper worm jaw worm jointworm jumping worm juniper worm leaf-worm leafworm lob worm lob-worm lugworm lungworm maltworm mango worm mason worm maw worm maw-worm mealworm mealworm beetle measuring worm melonworm miner's worm muckworm mudworm nanoworm oh worm palisade worm palmer worm palmer-worm palmerworm palmworm palolo worm parchment worm peacock worm peanut worm penis worm phlox worm pickleworm pileworm pillworm pinworm polystyrene worm potato worm potworm proboscis worm ragworm railroad worm rainworm red worm redworm ribbon worm ringed worm ringworm rootworm rope worm roseworm roundworm rye-worm sand mason worm sand tube worm sandworm screwworm sea worm seatworm segmented worm shipworm silkworm skin worm slow worm slow-worm slugworm sour worm spaghetti worm spanworm spindleworm spiny-headed worm spiral worm spoon worm spoonworm stagworm stomach worm stoor worm strawworm superworm tank-worm tape-worm tapeworm the early bird catches the worm the early bird gets the worm the worm has turned thorny worm thousand-legged worm threadworm thunderworm tomato worm tongue worm tongueworm tree worm trematode worm tube worm tubeworm waxworm webworm wheal-worm wheatworm whipworm white worm whiteworm wiggle worm winter worm wireworm witworm wolf worm woodworm woolly worm worm and wheel worm ball worm bark worm burner worm cast worm castle worm charming worm fence worm fever worm food worm gear worm in the apple worm lizard worm month worm moon worm oil worm on a string worm out worm pick worm red worm shell worm snake worm tea worm turns worm wheel worm-eaten worm-eating warbler worm-food worm-like worm-like chain worm-ridden worm-shell worm-star wormable wormball wormcast wormer wormery wormfish wormfowl wormgrass wormhole wormhood wormicide wormish wormless wormlet wormlike wormling wormlion wormly wormproof wormridden wormroot wormseed wormship wormshit wormskin wormwood wormy worm’s eye view worm’s-eye view wug zombie worm

Derived From

read

Context

anatomy computing cricket fantasy math nautical science fiction

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

disagreeable person invertebrate malevolent program move screw unpleasant person

Type Of (IsA)

animal invertebrate malevolent program malicious computer program malware screw unpleasant person

Part Of

corkscrew worm gear

Related Terms

RAM ROM Trojan horse caterpillar grub lumbricine maggot vermian vermiform virus write once

Related Terms

acorn worm afflict animal annelid artful ask bait cartridge caterpillar clean contemptible contline crawl crawler creature devious deworm dirt disposition drag draw drive earthworm edge effect firearm fishing fishing bait flatworm get blood out of stone gnaw gradually graphical ground ground creature grub helical information innings insect insinuate internal invertebrate like like caterpillar little little snake long long thin lumbricine lytta maggot mongolian death worm move network night night crawler parallel parcel phylum pink pink squiggly plead program propagate pulling teeth ram reluctant remorse remove representation rom rope roundworm run score screw self replicating serve slowly snail snake squiggly thin thread tile tiling tiny tiny snake tongue tormentor total trojan horse tubular underground unwilling velvet worm vermian vermiform virus wad wiggling wiggling bait wriggly wriggly invertebrate write once

Synonym Network

writhe

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