worm

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /wɜːm/, SAMPA: /w3:m/
• (US) enPR: wûrm, IPA: /wɝm/, SAMPA: /w3`m/

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Noun

Singular worm

Plural worms

Tilo tsutsa

Jam'i tsutsotsi

A worm

1. (countable) A tube-shaped animal with no legs that lives underground, under water, or inside another animal. <> tsuta.

   worm-like animals <> wasu dabbobi masu kama da tsutsotsi. --bbchausa_verticals/081

2. A worm is a type of dangerous software that can go across networks of computers. <> munin manhajar da ke yaɗuwa.

Related words and phrases

• bookworm
• earthworm
• glowworm
• silkworm
• wormwood
• wormy
• worm-like
• tapeworm
• ringworm
• hookworm

See also

• (animal that lives inside another) parasite
• (animal that eats dead animals) maggot
• (any tube-shaped animal) inchworm, bookworm

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) worm

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) worms

Past tense (ya wuce) wormed

Past participle (ya wuce) wormed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) worming

1. To move like a worm; to wriggle in order to move. <> tafiya ko motsi kamar tsuta.

   He wormed along the sand.

Synonyms

• wriggle

See also

• crawl
• inch
• on hands and knees
• wiggle