Betekenis van worm In het Nederlands

• 0 a small animal with a long, narrow, soft body without arms, legs, or bones:

  • The kiwi bird eats worms, other invertebrates, and berries.

  • It's distressing enough to find a worm in your apple but finding half of one is worse.

  • a parasitic worm

  • The vet says our dog has worms.

  • Don't be such a worm. You don't have to lie to me.

• 1 a harmful computer program that can copy itself and spread across a number of connected computers:

  • The operating system left servers susceptible to viruses and worms.

  • The software promises to protect you from the most pervasive worm attacks.

• 2 to succeed in moving along in a difficult or crowded situation, by moving your body slowly and carefully:

  • Because he was so small, he could worm (his way) through the crowd.

  • She wormed herself under the fence.

• 3 to give an animal, especially a pet dog or cat, medicine to kill any worms that might be living inside it:

  • Has your dog been wormed?

• 4 a small animal with a long, narrow, soft body without legs or bones

• 5 to move slowly or carefully through a crowd or tight space:

  • He wormed his way through the crowd as quickly as he could.

  • fig. He was a distant relation who wormed his way into the confidence of the family.

• 6 a computer program that can send copies of itself to other computers and is designed to prevent the computers from working normally:

  • When users click an infected attachment, the worm opens a "back door" that hackers can use.