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Worms

[ wurmz; German vawrms ]

noun

  1. a city in E Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
  2. Diet of, the council, or diet, held here (1521) at which Luther was condemned as a heretic.


worms

1

/ wɜːmz /

noun

  1. functioning as singular any disease or disorder, usually of the intestine, characterized by infestation with parasitic worms
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Worms

2

/ vɔrms; wɜːmz /

noun

  1. a city in SW Germany, in Rhineland-Palatinate on the Rhine: famous as the seat of imperial diets, notably that of 1521, before which Luther defended his doctrines in the presence of Charles V; river port and manufacturing centre with a large wine trade. Pop: 81 100 (2003 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

I ate the staple corn paste sadza every day and tasted fried mopane worms.

When you crush an insect, you have all these long worms uncoiling from the belly.

The NPS also believes in roads and tourist viewing; like most government institutions, it is a can of worms.

Worms and amphipods, along with other animals, use or bury the pellets, which Havens observed after preliminary experiments.

Some came wrapped in what looked like puffed up fabric worms, with hair just as knotted and twisted.

And he was inclined to believe that it was Grandfather Mole that was to blame for the scarcity of worms in the neighborhood.

He urged the growing of mulberry trees and the propagation of silk worms, as being of more value than tobacco.

And then, probably, Jolly Robin would laugh and tell her not to mind, for there ought to be worms enough for everybody.

But what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?

Mr. Blackbird began to be afraid that there wouldn't be worms enough left for himself.

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