Worm
Same as: brandlin, branlin, fishnoun
- 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
verb — past tense: wormed ; past participle: wormed ; present participle: worming ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) ជ្រៀតជ្រែកដោយឧបាយកលផ្សេងៗ
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To work slowly and secretly, to free from worms) បានមកដោយឧបាយកលផ្សេងៗ
Example: Earthworm, Silkworm; wood, Thread worm; tape worm, And the worms shall eat him, Worm eaten, etc.
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.
verb — past 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.