worm

1. 1.

   to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

   “The prisoner writhed in discomfort”

   “The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace”

   Synonymswrithewrestlewrigglesquirmtwist

   Broadermove

   Narrowerwrench

Other forms of worm

plural

worms·

past tense

wormed·

present participle

worming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about worm

What does worm mean?

worm means "any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in worm?

worm has 1 syllable: worm. In IPA it is /ˈwɝm/.

What is another word for worm?

Close synonyms include louse, insect, dirt ball, writhe, wrestle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is worm a common word?

worm is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.