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WORM
abbreviation , comput write once read many times, a CD system that allows the user to store their own data, and then read it as often as they wish.
worm
noun
1 zool any member of several unrelated groups of small soft-bodied limbless invertebrates that are characteristically long and slender, either cylindrical and segmented (eg the earthworm) or flat (eg the tapeworm).
2 any superficially similar but unrelated animal, eg the larva of certain insects.
3 a maggot thought to devour dead bodies in the grave.
4 a mean, contemptible, weak or worthless person.
5 mech the spiral thread of a screw.
6 anything that corrupts, gnaws or torments.
7 (worms) pathol any disease characterized by the presence of parasitic worms in the intestines of humans or animals.
8 comput an unauthorized computer program, differing from a virus in that it is an independent program rather than a piece of coding, designed to sabotage a computer system, especially by reproducing itself throughout a computer network.
verb (wormed , worming )
1 tr & intr to move or crawl like a worm.
2 (also worm something out) to extract (information, etc) little by little wormed the secret out of them .
3 to treat (an animal that has worms) especially to rid it of these.
4 to rid (a plant) of worms.
[Anglo-Saxon wyrm ]
wormer noun .
wormlike adjective .
worm one's way into something to insinuate oneself into someone's favour or affections, etc.
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