All English words - page 6522

Meanings of Worldling:

noun

A cosmopolitan and sophisticated person.

Usage examples:

There she found not a weather-beaten traveller, but a well-groomed worldling

Meanings of Worldlings:

noun

A cosmopolitan and sophisticated person.

Usage examples:

There she found not a weather-beaten traveller, but a well-groomed worldling

Meanings of Worldly:

adjective

(of a person) experienced and sophisticated.

Usage examples:

She was much more worldly than nora and dismissed the slur

Meanings of Worldly-wise:

adjective

Experienced in the ways in which people behave and able to deal with most situations

Usage examples:

Tyler is remarkably worldly-wise for such a young girl.

Meanings of Worlds:

noun

The earth, together with all of its countries and peoples.

Usage examples:

He was doing his bit to save the world

plural noun

A very large degree

Usage examples:

The two men are worlds apart (= completely opposed) in their political views.

Meanings of Worldward:

adverb

Towards or in the direction of the world or worldly (rather than spiritual) concerns.

adjective

Directed towards or facing the world or worldly concerns.

Meanings of Worldwards:

adverb

Towards the world or worldly concerns; = worldward .

Meanings of Worldwide:

adjective

Extending or reaching throughout the world.

Usage examples:

Worldwide sales of television rights

adverb

Throughout the world.

Usage examples:

She travels worldwide as a consultant

Meanings of Worm:

noun

Any of a number of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long, slender soft bodies and no limbs.

Usage examples:

For many years only animals such as worms, leeches and midge larvae could survive.

verb

Move with difficulty by crawling or wriggling.

Usage examples:

I wormed my way along the roadside ditch

abbreviation

Write-once read-many, denoting a type of memory device.

Meanings of Worm-eaten:

adjective

Containing small holes that were made by the young of particular types of insect, especially woodworm

Usage examples:

A worm-eaten table/beam

Meanings of Worm-out:

phrasal verb

To try and get information from someone that they are trying to keep secret

Usage examples:

He wasn't going to tell me, but i managed to worm it out of him.

Meanings of Worm-something-out-of-someone:

phrasal verb

To try and get information from someone that they are trying to keep secret

Usage examples:

He wasn't going to tell me, but i managed to worm it out of him.

Meanings of Wormed:

verb

Move with difficulty by crawling or wriggling.

Usage examples:

I wormed my way along the roadside ditch

noun

Any of a number of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long, slender soft bodies and no limbs.

Usage examples:

For many years only animals such as worms, leeches and midge larvae could survive.

abbreviation

Write-once read-many, denoting a type of memory device.

Meanings of Wormer:

noun

A substance administered to animals or birds to expel parasitic worms.

Usage examples:

The grit contains a wormer

Meanings of Wormers:

noun

A substance administered to animals or birds to expel parasitic worms.

Usage examples:

The grit contains a wormer

Meanings of Wormfish:

noun

A small elongated or eel-like marine fish of warm shallow waters.

Usage examples:

The dartfishes have been taxonomically mobile in recent years and some taxonomists now include them…

Meanings of Wormfishes:

noun

A small elongated or eel-like marine fish of warm shallow waters.

Usage examples:

The dartfishes have been taxonomically mobile in recent years and some taxonomists now include them…

Meanings of Wormhole:

noun

A hole made by a burrowing insect larva or worm in wood, fruit, books, or other materials.

Usage examples:

I see the knot as the branch it used to be and the wormhole as the food source and home for the bug.

Meanings of Wormholed:

noun

A hole made by a burrowing insect larva or worm in wood, fruit, books, or other materials.

Usage examples:

I see the knot as the branch it used to be and the wormhole as the food source and home for the bug.

Meanings of Wormholes:

noun

A hole made by a burrowing insect larva or worm in wood, fruit, books, or other materials.

Usage examples:

I see the knot as the branch it used to be and the wormhole as the food source and home for the bug.

Meanings of Wormier:

adjective

(of organic tissue) infested with or eaten into by worms.

Usage examples:

The prisoners received wormy vegetables

Meanings of Wormiest:

adjective

(of organic tissue) infested with or eaten into by worms.

Usage examples:

The prisoners received wormy vegetables

Meanings of Worming:

verb

Move with difficulty by crawling or wriggling.

Usage examples:

I wormed my way along the roadside ditch

noun

Any of a number of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long, slender soft bodies and no limbs.

Usage examples:

For many years only animals such as worms, leeches and midge larvae could survive.

abbreviation

Write-once read-many, denoting a type of memory device.

Meanings of Worms:

verb

Any of a number of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long, slender soft bodies and no limbs.

proper noun

An industrial town in western germany, on the river rhine north-west of mannheim; population 82,200 (est. 2006). it was the scene in 1521 of the condemnation of martin luther's teaching, at the diet of worms.

noun

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

Usage examples:

He wormed his way through the crowd as quickly as he could., fig. he was a distant relation who wor…

Meanings of Wormseed:

noun

A plant whose seeds have the property of destroying parasitic worms.

Usage examples:

He says that the impression that wormseed oil is produced from a wild herb of that name is misleadi…