wormy

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worm·y

(wûr′mē)

adj. worm·i·er, worm·i·est

1. Infested with or damaged by worms.

2. Suggestive of a worm.

worm′i·ness n.

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wormy

(ˈwɜːmɪ)

adj, wormier or wormiest

1. (Zoology) worm-infested or worm-eaten

2. resembling a worm in appearance, ways, or condition

3. (Forestry) (of wood) having irregular small tunnels bored into it and tracked over its surface, made either by worms or artificially

4. low or grovelling

ˈworminess n

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worm•y

(ˈwɜr mi)

adj. worm•i•er, worm•i•est.

1. containing a worm or worms; contaminated with worms.

2. damaged or bored into by worms; worm-eaten.

[1400–50]

worm′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	wormy - infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms vermiculate, worm-eaten worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
	2.	wormy - totally submissive cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike

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wormy

[ˈwɜːmɪ] ADJ

1. (= worm-eaten) [fruit] → con gusanos; [furniture] → carcomido, apolillado

2. (= full of worms) [soil] → lleno de gusanos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wormy

adj apple → wurmig; wood → wurmstichig; soil → wurmreich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wormy

[ˈwɜːmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fruit) → bacato/a; (furniture) → tarlato/a

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