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Meaning of worming

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

worming

verb

Definitions

  1. To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.

    Example: We wormed our way through the underbrush.

  2. To move with one's body dragging the ground.

  3. To work one's way by artful or devious means.

  4. To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.

    Example: He wormed his way into the organization

noun

Definitions

  1. The act by which an animal is wormed.

  2. The tendency of certain yarn or thread to bunch up after being woven.