worms

/wəːmz/

US pronunciation

American sound/wəːmz/

worms

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> worms

Myanmar meaning

တီကောင်များ။ သန်ကောင်များ။ ပိုးကောင်များ။

Full entry

worm /wɜ:m/ n

၁။ (က) [C] တီကောင်။ birds looking for worms. See also EARTHWORM
(ခ) worms [pl] သန်ကောင်။ The dog has worms.
(ဂ) [C] (esp in compounds) ပိုးကောင်။ …ပိုး။ The apples are full of worms. See also SILKWORM, WOODWORM
၂။ [C usu sing ] (infml derog ) (နှိမ့်ချ၍ခေါ်သော အာလုပ်စကား)။
v
၁။ သံချသည်။ All horses should be regularly wormed.
၂။ တိုးဝှေ့ဝင်သည်။ They had to worm their way through the narrow tunnel.
❏ worm-cast n တီကျစ်စာ။
❏ worm sth out (of sb) [PHRV ] ဖြည်းဖြည်းချင်း အစ်ထုတ် သည်။ We eventually wormed the truth out of her.
❏ worm one's way/ oneself into sth [PHRV ] (usu derog ) တအိအိနှင့် အယုံသွင်းသည်။ She used flattery to worm her way/herself into his confidence.
❏ the worm will turn [IDM ] ဖိလွန်းလျှင်ကြွလိမ့်မည်။
❏ wormy adj ပိုးပါသော။ a wormy apple.

More examples

‘This is probably due to the general unhealthiness of worms grown at high temperatures.’
‘For the past ten minutes I'd been watching two tiny worms crawl their way across the front step.’
‘Hemp seed, sweet corn maggots and even worms can also be used.’
‘For many years only animals such as worms, leeches and midge larvae could survive.’
‘When feeding is completed, the worms drop to the ground and enter the soil where they transform into shiny brown pupae.’
‘We peer down at the tiny worm wriggling under the lens of our microscope.’
‘They eat little worms and little insects and things, and they're a neat little animal.’
‘The son shows his father a worm in an apple that he is eating.’
‘The wriggling worms had done a great transformation job on my fruit and veg waste.’
‘These chickens have seen the sun, breathed in fresh air, scratched the dirt and eaten a worm or two.’
‘The garter snakes mentioned in the letter generally eat frogs, worms, mice and smaller snakes.’
‘A simple worm grader, run by an electric motor, separates the worms from the dirt.’
‘When she came back, she pointed to a green worm crawling on her plate.’
‘Some small fish and marine worms are also eaten.’
‘They seem to eat more annelid worms and insects than any other prey, and chicks are fed mostly earthworms.’
‘Once the trout season opens you may fish for them with fly, worm, minnow or artificial lure.’
‘The crows working in harmony with nature lived on the snails, beetles and insects.’
‘They also feed on small crayfish, minnows, tadpoles, and insects.’
‘In about 3 months the worms should have changed the bedding and food wastes into compost.’
‘Many of those could be basic life forms, such as worms and jellyfish.’

Synonyms

young insect, larva, maggot, caterpillar, agonize, allure, ambush, approach unnoticed, argue into, arm-twist, banter, barter, beggar, beguile, bend, bezonian, black sheep, blackguard, blandish, blarney, boor, bounder, brute, bug, bum, butter up, cad, caitiff, cajole, case, centipede, charm, cheat, clamber, clown, coax, come on, con, contrive, convulse, court, coward, cower, crawl, crawl along, crawl on all fours, creep, cullion, cur, dastardly person, deceive, decoy, defeat narrowly, delude, derelict, distort, dodge, dog, drag, drag oneself along, draw, ease, edge, engineer, entice, entozoon, evade, extricate, extricate oneself, fake, falsify, fidget, finagle, flatter, flounder, get, glide, go on all fours, go on belly, good-for-nothing, grovel, grub, gumshoe, hang back, heel, hide, honey, hook, hound, importune, inch, induce, infiltrate, influence, ingrate, insect, insinuate, inveigle, jawbone, jerk, jiggle, juggle, knave, kowtow, lag, lay it on, liar, libertine, loiter along, lollygag, looser, louse, lout, lowlife, lure, lurk, maneuver, manipulate, miscreant, mooch, move at snail's pace, move on hands and knees, move secretly, move stealthily, ne'er-do-well, nose out, obtain, oil, ooze, outcast, pad, pariah, pass, pauper, persuade, pester, pilgarlic, plague, plod, poke, poltroon, press, prevail upon, prowl, pull oneself along, pussyfoot, rake, rapscallion, rascal, rat, recoil, renegade, reprobate, riffraff, rogue, ronion, rope in, rotten, rotter, rounder

Antonyms

allow, be still, blunt, center, come out, discourage, disenchant, disgust, dissuade, dull, gentleman, helper, hero, leave alone, lose, not care, offend, please, prevent, repel, repulse, rush, sit still, straighten, thicken, turn off, wallop