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Synonyms for worm

to move or proceed with short irregular motions up and down or from side to side

to move along in a crouching or prone position

to introduce gradually and slyly

to make, achieve, or get through contrivance or guile

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Synonyms for worm

any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes

a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network

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screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

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to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

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