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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
worm
worm [worm worms wormed worming] noun, verb BrE [wɜːm] NAmE [wɜːrm]
noun
1. countable a long thin creature with no bones or legs, that lives in soil
•birds looking for worms
see also ↑earthworm, ↑lugworm
2. wormsplural long thin creatures that live inside the bodies of humans or animals and can cause illness
•The dog has worms.
see also ↑hookworm, ↑tapeworm
3. countable the young form of an insect when it looks like a short worm
•This apple is full of worms.
see also ↑glow-worm, ↑silkworm, ↑woodworm
4. countable (computing)a computer program that is a type of virus and that spreads across a network by copying itself
5. countable, usually singular (informal, disapproving)a person you do not like or respect, especially because they have a weak character and do not behave well towards other people
more at a can of worms at ↑can 2 n., the early bird catches the worm at ↑early adj.
Word Origin:
Old English wyrm (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Latin vermis ‘worm’ and Greek rhomox ‘woodworm’.
Example Bank:
•Worms burrow down through the soil.
Idiom: ↑worm will turn
Derived: ↑worm something out of somebody ▪ ↑worm your way into something
verb
1. ~ 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 the reception desk.
2. ~ sth to give an animal medicine that makes ↑worms pass out of its body in the ↑faeces
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English wyrm (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Latin vermis ‘worm’ and Greek rhomox ‘woodworm’.
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