wormed
past simple and past participle ofworm
worm
verb
uk/wɜːm/us/wɝːm/wormverb(MOVE)
[IorT,+ prep]
tosucceedinmovingalong in adifficultorcrowdedsituation, bymovingyourbodyslowlyandcarefully:
Because he was sosmall, he could worm (hisway) through thecrowd.
She wormed herselfunder thefence.
Slow and moving slowly
- (as) slow as molassesidiom
- at a snail's paceidiom
- by and byidiom
- by degreesidiom
- clawyourway(somewhere)idiom
- float
- inch by inchidiom
- infiltrate
- infiltration
- jog
- labour
- lag
- laggard
- sluggishly
- sluggishness
- snail
- steadily
- steadiness
- struggle
- wander
wormverb(ANIMAL)
[T]
to give ananimal,especiallyapetdogorcat,medicinetokillany worms that might belivinginside it:
Hasyourdogbeen wormed?
Zoology: veterinary medicine
- altered
- animal doctor
- anti-rabies
- castrate
- castrated
- castration
- cattery
- distemper
- foam
- lame
- leptospirosis
- mange
- mangy
- neutered
- nosema
- putsomethingto sleepidiom
- putsomething/someonedown
- rescue centre
- veterinary
- worm
Phrasal verbs
wormyourself/your wayintosomething
wormsomethingout ofsomeone
Examplesofwormed
wormed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
To use a veterinary term, theywormedus for inflation when in fact we were suffering from deflation.
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This thing haswormedits way into our very instincts.
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Thirdly, there should be some proof that a dog has been properlywormed.
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I have no plans to require dogs kept in rural areas to bewormed.
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Tapeworm segments were even found in the faeces of houndswormedevery two months.
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He has a son who is blind in one eye as a result of contact with a dog which had not beenwormedproperly.
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But, as wewormedour way through this covey, this conglomeration of buses, we found that every one of them was already under the ownership of the one authority.
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He started up the field and by artful dodgingwormedhis way through the entire bunch.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He haswormedhis way too close for comfort.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The remaining fillies are branded with their owner's mark, and many animals arewormed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As soon as the snakewormeditself back into the bottle, it was trapped.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The news spread, and the emperor discovered it andwormedthe secret out of the apprentice.
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- shopping experience
- shopping goods
- shopping-goods
- shopping list
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