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Grammar : Verb
Spell : wurm
Phonetic Transcription : wɜrm



Definition of worm out

Origin :
  • Old English wurm, variant of wyrm "serpent, dragon," also in later Old English "earthworm," from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (cf. Old Saxon, Old High German, German wurm, Old Frisian and Dutch worm, Old Norse ormr, Gothic waurms "serpent, worm"), from PIE *wrmi-/*wrmo- "worm" (cf. Greek rhomos, Latin vermis "worm," Old Russian vermie "insects," Lithuanian varmas "insect, gnat"), possibly from root *wer- (3) "turn" (see versus).
  • The ancient category of these was much more extensive than the modern, scientific, one and included serpents, scorpions, maggots, and the supposed causes of certain diseases. For substitution of -o- for -u-, see come. As an insult meaning "abject, miserable person" it dates from Old English.
  • As in back out : verb withdraw
  • As in repeal : verb declare null and void
  • As in chicken out : verb back down
  • As in ferret out : verb search out
Example sentences :
  • I do wish you wouldn't coax and worm out of Bella Seymour all I write.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • So I leave you to judge how much of your story she may worm out of me.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • You are here to worm out what I know in order to betray your friend.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • And he knew how to worm out information like an examining lawyer.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 10 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
  • He was sent down to worm out of her everything that she knew.
  • Extract from : « Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete » by Lyndon Orr
  • I will be most happy to accept the invitation I've had fairly to worm out of you.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy at Skyrie » by Evelyn Raymond
  • And the General was coming to-day to worm out of her all he could.
  • Extract from : « The Intriguers » by William Le Queux
  • She could not get much out of him, but she found herself trying to worm out all she could.
  • Extract from : « Quisant » by Anthony Hope
  • Yes; he tried to worm out of me who my cousin was, and he walked up here on purpose to find out where you lived.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
  • Well then, and not another word of sense shall you worm out of my worn-out old brains after today—all I say is, don't give in!
  • Extract from : « The Return » by Walter de la Mare

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