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; vɔrms /

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)

worms

²

/ wɜːmz /

noun

1. functioning as singular any disease or disorder, usually of the intestine, characterized by infestation with parasitic worms

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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?

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

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