transcription, транскрипция: [ wɜ:(r)m ]
( worms, worming, wormed)
1.
A worm is a small animal with a long thin body, no bones and no legs.
N-COUNT
2.
If animals or people have worms , worms are living in their intestines.
N-PLURAL
3.
If you worm an animal, you give it medicine in order to kill the worms that are living in its intestines.
I worm all my birds in early spring...
All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.
VERB : V n , be V-ed
4.
If you say that someone is worming their way to success, or is worming their way into someone else’s affection, you disapprove of the way that they are gradually making someone trust them or like them, often in order to deceive them or gain some advantage.
She never misses a chance to worm her way into the public’s hearts...
VERB : V way prep / adv [ disapproval ]
5.
A worm is a computer program that contains a virus which duplicates itself many times in a network. ( COMPUTING )
N-COUNT
6.
If you say that someone is opening a can of worms , you are warning them that they are planning to do or talk about something which is much more complicated, unpleasant, or difficult than they realize and which might be better left alone.
You’ve opened up a whole new can of worms here I think. We could have a whole debate on student loans and grants...
PHRASE : PHR after v , v-link PHR