[countable] a long, thin creature with a soft body and no bones or legs. birds looking for worms; Worms burrow down through the soil.

1 · countable · a long, thin creature with no bones or legs, that lives in soil ; plural · long, thin creatures that live inside the bodies of humans or animals and ...

1worm your way + adv./prep. to use a twisting and turning movement, especially to move through a narrow or crowded place She wormed her way through the crowd to ...

There are 51 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun worm, 14 of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ...

​worm your way + adv./prep. to use a twisting and turning movement, especially to move through a narrow or crowded place. She wormed her way through the crowd ...

​a small European reptile with no legs, like a snake. Word OriginOld English slāwyrm, from slā- (of uncertain origin) + wyrm 'snake'.

to gradually get someone to tell you something that they do not want to tell you We eventually wormed the secret out of her. Definitions on the go.

full of holes made by worms or woodworms worm-eaten corpses/floorboards. Want to learn more? Find out which words work together and produce more ...

​(informal) to make somebody tell you something, by asking them questions in a clever way for a long period of time. We eventually wormed the secret out of ...

​(disapproving) to make somebody like you or trust you, in order to gain some advantage for yourself synonym insinuate (2). He managed to worm his way into ...