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wormed

SayWURMDUS/wɝmd/UK/wɜːmd/

3 meanings of wormed

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past tense and past participle of worm. Use this form for something that already happened.

    She wormed her way through the crowd to reach the stage.

    We wormed the dog last spring to keep it healthy.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Full of small worms that live and feed inside an animal's body.

    Like an apple with little worms living inside it.

    The stray cat was badly wormed and needed treatment right away.

    Wormed piglets often fail to grow at a normal rate.

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  3. 3
    adjective
    Damaged by small beetles that bore holes through wood.

    Like a block of cheese full of little holes.

    The old wooden chair was wormed and falling apart.

    They threw out the wormed beams from the attic.

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wormed is a form of worm

worm, verb: To give an animal medicine that removes the worms living inside it. Full entry

Forms
wormworms he/she/itworming -ing formwormed past tense, past participle
Spelling
worm → wormed: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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