Definitions
1.verbTo make (one's way) with a crawling motion."We wormed our way through the underbrush."
2.verbTo move with one's body dragging the ground.
3.verbTo work one's way by artful or devious means.
4.verbTo work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate."He wormed his way into the organization"
5.verbTo effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out.
6.verb(in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).
7.verbTo fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving."Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way."
8.verbTo deworm (an animal).
9.verbTo cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
10.verbTo clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
11.nounThe act by which an animal is wormed.
12.nounThe tendency of certain yarn or thread to bunch up after being woven.