Worm



Same as: brandlin, branlin, fish
noun
1.
(any of several types of animal with a soft rounded or flattened body and no backbone or limbs, the worm like larva of certain insects, any of various wormlike animals, a person looked down on as being too meek, etc., [pl.] any disease caused by parasitic worms in the intestines, etc, to work (oneself) in insidiously, to move along like a worm. -worm gear, worm wheel, a gear consisting of a worm and worm wheel. -wormhole hole made by a worm) find a worm in one's apple ដង្កូវ, កិមិជាតិ, earth worm ជន្លេន, intestinal worm ព្រូន
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) មនុស្សកំប៊ិកកំប៉ុក
verbpast tense: wormed ; past participle: wormed ; present participle: worming ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) ជ្រៀតជ្រែកដោយឧបាយកលផ្សេងៗ
2.
(TRANSITIVE) (To work slowly and secretly, to free from worms) បានមក​ដោយឧបាយកលផ្សេងៗ
Example: Earthworm, Silkworm; wood, Thread worm; tape worm, And the worms shall eat him, Worm eaten, etc.
  • bladder worm
    - ពងព្រូនវែងនៅក្នុងសាច់
  • caddice worm
    - ដង្កូវម្យ៉ាង
  • ring worm
    - ស្រែងឬកម, អង្កែរក្បាល
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.
2.
Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.
3.
Any helminth; an entozoon.
4.
Any annelid.
5.
An insect larva.
6.
An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.
7.
A being debased and despised.
8.
Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm
9.
The thread of a screw.
10.
A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
11.
A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta.
12.
The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space.
13.
A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs.
verbpast tense: wormed ; past participle: wormed ; present participle: worming ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by out.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
4.
To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
5.
To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.