WORM

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Traducere în limba română

worm I. substantiv

1. (zool.) vierme.

2. (fig.) vierme, târâtură, lepădătură; nenorocit;

I am a worm today azi nu mă simt de loc în apele mele.

3. (tehn.) serpentină (de alambic).

4. (tehn.) melc, spirală, şurub fără sfârşit.

5. (fig.) chin lăuntric;

worm of conscience mustrări de conştiinţă.

worm II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a obţine sau a realiza cu greu sau pe căi întortocheate; a smulge (un secret).

2. (mar.) a umple (o parâmă).

3. a curăţa / a scăpa de viermi intestinali

worm II. verb B. reflexiv

to worm oneself into a se strecura în, a pătrunde (cu gen.);

he wormed himself through the thicket s-a strecurat printre tufişuri.

worm II. verb C. intranzitiv

1. a se furişa, a se strecura; a se târî.

2. a căuta viermi.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Then he wormed his way forward slowly toward where the harnesses were being put on his mates.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

The model explains the fact that worms raised at 20 degrees Celsius have a lifespan of 20 days, but worms raised at higher temperatures or in the presence of free radicals have a lifespan of only a few hours.

(Study reveals how collapse of protein processes is driver of aging and death, National Science Foundation)

When the giants came up to him, the first pushed him with his foot, and said, “What worm is this that lies here curled up?” “Tread upon him and kill him,” said the second.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Agents destructive to parasitic worms.

(Antihelminthic Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

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