worm
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- invertebrate hypernym
- helminth hyponym
- woodworm hyponym
- acanthocephalan hyponym
- arrowworm hyponym
- flatworm hyponym
- ribbon worm hyponym
- beard worm hyponym
- nematode hyponym
- annelid hyponym
Related & opposite
- vermiculate derivation
Sense 2 verb
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
The prisoner writhed in discomfort
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
Types & categories
- unpleasant person hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers
Types & categories
- malevolent program hypernym
Sense 5 noun
screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
Types & categories
- screw hypernym
Parts & wholes
- worm gear part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vermiculate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | invertebrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | helminth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | woodworm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acanthocephalan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arrowworm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flatworm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ribbon worm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beard worm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nematode |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | annelid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wiggle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrench |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wiggler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tornado |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrench |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpleasant person |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | malevolent program |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | worm gear |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | screw |