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• worm-eat|en — «WURM EE tuhn», adjective. 1. eaten into by worms: »worm eaten timbers. 2. Figurative. worn out; worthless; out of date …   Useful english dictionary

• worm-eat|ing warbler — «WURM EE tihng», a dull colored warblef eastern North America with black stripes on its crown …   Useful english dictionary

• Worm-eaten — Worm eat en, a. 1. Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm eaten timber. [1913 Webster] Concave as a covered goblet, or a worm eaten nut. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Worn out; old; worthless. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] {Worm… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Worm-eatenness — Worm eaten Worm eat en, a. 1. Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm eaten timber. [1913 Webster] Concave as a covered goblet, or a worm eaten nut. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Worn out; old; worthless. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• worm-eaten — worm eat|en [ wɜrm ,itn ] adjective full of holes made by WORMS: worm eaten floors …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• worm-eaten — worm′ eat en adj. 1) eaten into or gnawed by worms 2) worn or impaired by time; decayed or antiquated • Etymology: 1350–1400 …   From formal English to slang

• worm-eaten — /werrm eet n/, adj. 1. eaten into or gnawed by worms. 2. impaired by time, decayed or antiquated. [1350 1400; ME wormeten; see WORM, EAT, EN3] * * * …   Universalium

• Worm-eating Warbler — Taxobox name = Worm eating Warbler regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Parulidae genus = Helmitheros genus authority = (Rafinesque, 1819) species = H. vermivorus binomial = Helmitheros vermivorus… …   Wikipedia

• worm — n. & v. n. 1 any of various types of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long slender bodies and no limbs, esp. segmented in rings or parasitic in the intestines or tissues. 2 the long slender larva of an insect, esp. in fruit or wood …   Useful english dictionary

• worm — worm1 [wə:m US wə:rm] n [: Old English; Origin: wyrm snake, worm ] 1.) a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil →↑earthworm, ↑lugworm 2.) the young form of an insect, which looks like a short worm →↑glow worm …   Dictionary of contemporary English