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wormed

US/wɝmd/

wormed adjective: affected with woodworm. Also the simple past and past participle of worm.

Adjective

wormed (comparative more wormed, superlative most wormed)

  1. Affected with woodworm.
    • Thus, sitting where I was, I lit my candle once more, and then clambered across that great coffin which, for two hours or more, had been a mid-wall of partition between me and danger. But to get out of the niche was harder than to get in; for now that I had a candle to light me, I saw that the...[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC
  2. Infested with parasitic worms.

Also used as

wormed is also the simple past and past participle of worm.

Forms of wormed

comparativemore wormed
superlativemost wormed

Phrases with wormed

Words that rhyme with wormed

Questions about wormed

What does wormed mean?
Wormed means affected with woodworm.
What part of speech is wormed?
Wormed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wormed?
Wormed is pronounced /wɝmd/ (US).

Words near wormed in the dictionary

  1. Wormbridge
  2. wormcast
  3. wormcasts
  4. worme
  5. worme-hole
  6. wormed
  7. wormed out
  8. Wormegay
  9. Wormeley
  10. Wormeleys
  11. Wormelow Tump

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