Explore Worm through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like invertebrate or twist. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Worm in a sentence
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Worm meaning
- A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
- More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.
- Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
Synonyms of Worm
Using Worm
- The main meaning on this page is: A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm. | More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms. | Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
- Useful related words include: invertebrate, twist, squirm, wriggle.
- Possible Dutch translations are: draad, schroef.
- In the example corpus, worm often appears in combinations such as: the worm, worm and, worm in.
Context around Worm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Worm
- In this selection, "worm" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, longest, morris, velvet, moon, tuggers and disk stand out and add context to how "worm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2nd longest worm of 28cm and a boogie worm she said. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "worm" sits close to words such as alt, banda and belmont, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with worm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He has a “boogie worm,” she said. (7 words)
C. elegans is the species of worm studied. (8 words)
Eons ago, Auryx battled Akka, the worm god of Secrets. (10 words)
Don’t forget to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Insomniac, the events company that puts on EDC, at the art cart shaped like a massive birthday cake, and your parents would rightfully disown you if you didn’t take a ride on the Wacky Worm roller-coaster. (47 words)
Architecture of the worm Disk containing the source code for the Morris Worm held at the Computer History Museum According to its creator, the Morris worm was not written to cause damage, but to gauge the size of the Internet. (40 words)
To compensate for this possibility, Morris directed the worm to copy itself even if the response is "yes" 1 out of 7 times. citation This level of replication proved excessive, and the worm spread rapidly, infecting some computers multiple times. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
The longest worm was also charmed by the Tennessee Worm Tuggers so the award went to the 2nd longest worm of 28cm using a saxophone - this trophy was made by artist Thaïs Lenkiewicz.
Architecture of the worm Disk containing the source code for the Morris Worm held at the Computer History Museum According to its creator, the Morris worm was not written to cause damage, but to gauge the size of the Internet.
March 25th: Worm Moon: As the earth thaws and spring stirs, the Worm Moon graces the March sky.
Learn about worm anatomy and make your own compost worm bin to bring home.
Any worm that lives in a marine environment is considered a marine worm.
Tasmania has a protection programme that is unique worldwide: one region of forest has its own velvet worm conservation plan, which is tailored to a particular velvet worm species.
The key on the tuning machine turns a metal worm, which drives a worm gear that winds a string.
To compensate for this possibility, Morris directed the worm to copy itself even if the response is "yes" 1 out of 7 times. citation This level of replication proved excessive, and the worm spread rapidly, infecting some computers multiple times.
You have made your way from worm to man, and much in you is still worm.
Additional nutrients come from the vermicompost, also called the worm compost.
A shipwright reported that the wooden sheathing on its hull was “so much worm eaten” that it had to be taken off and replaced.
At the 90-minute mark, Paul tames his first worm, and just four minutes later he's leading war bands and reconnecting with Gurney Halleck.
A worm-like swelling is usually one of the ducts or a collection of veins, which we call a Varicocele.
C. elegans is the species of worm studied.
Don’t forget to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Insomniac, the events company that puts on EDC, at the art cart shaped like a massive birthday cake, and your parents would rightfully disown you if you didn’t take a ride on the Wacky Worm roller-coaster.
Eons ago, Auryx battled Akka, the worm god of Secrets.
Exhibit 2 shows a ‘worm’ chart for the Russell 1000.
Following this, the vet was able to start treatment and he has now been de-matted, cleaned, flea treated, worm treated and had his nails cut.
He has a “boogie worm,” she said.
Her image is a worm that gets into the brains of girls at a very young age and informs the disappointment so many of us feel when we look in the mirror.
Common combinations with worm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the worm 40×
- worm and 10×
- worm in 10×
- worm that 9×
- grey worm 8×
- worm moon 7×
- guinea worm 7×
- worm was 6×
- to worm 6×
- worm to 5×