Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Affected by worms; gnawed, bored, or otherwise injured by worms; worm-eaten; wormy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective affected with
woodworm - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
worm .
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Examples
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"He kind of wormed his way out of some of the family's money," Leonard said.
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Some Bush appointees have been "wormed" into the ranks of lower-rung Federal employees whose jobs enjoy restrictive covenants on firing, thanks to collective bargaining provisions by federal employee unions.
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The NP said in a statement it was extraordinary that the SACP should have so little confidence in support for itself that it had "wormed" its way into another party.
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If they are numerous, the field should be "wormed" every morning, or at least every other day, which labor will be rewarded with a choice collection of primitive tobacco chewers.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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"wormed," or scraped out, with an instrument like an edged corkscrew.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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But the truth of the matter is, bull terriers have wormed their way into my affections and for me — and, increasing I think, for the rest of the family — there will never be another dog breed that usurps that place in our hearts.
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But the truth of the matter is, bull terriers have wormed their way into my affections and for me — and, increasing I think, for the rest of the family — there will never be another dog breed that usurps that place in our hearts.
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Eventually, Eco gets to the literary heritage of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and how that fiction's perniciousness was reinforced by fitting a pre-existing narrative pattern that had wormed its way into popular consciousness.
A three pipe problem Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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It is, in truth, almost as bad as it sounds; but this song has wormed its way into my affections, probably something to do with the whistling.
Readers recommend: songs with special guests Paul MacInnes 2010
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Eventually, Eco gets to the literary heritage of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and how that fiction's perniciousness was reinforced by fitting a pre-existing narrative pattern that had wormed its way into popular consciousness.
Archive 2009-01-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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