worm

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for worm

worm 🔊 /wɚˈm/

worm : ගැඩිල්ලා

worm : කීටයා

worm : පණුවා

worm : ගැඩවිලා

worm : ක්‍රිමියා

worm : ගැඩවිල්ලාව

worm : කීට

worm : ඉස්කුරුප්පුවේ නූල කට්ටය

worm definition

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. Same as Vermes.
  7. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.
  8. A being debased and despised.
  9. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm
  10. The thread of a screw.
  11. A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
  12. A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lyttAdjective. See Lytta.
  13. The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still.
  14. A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.

Intransitive verb. To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.

Transitive verb.

  1. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by out.
  2. To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, Noun. 5 (b).