Worms

[ wurmz; German vawrms ]

noun

1. a city in E Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
2. Diet of, the council, or diet, held here (1521) at which Luther was condemned as a heretic.

worms

¹

/ wɜːmz /

noun

1. functioning as singular any disease or disorder, usually of the intestine, characterized by infestation with parasitic worms

Worms

²

/ vɔrms; wɜːmz /

noun

1. a city in SW Germany, in Rhineland-Palatinate on the Rhine: famous as the seat of imperial diets, notably that of 1521, before which Luther defended his doctrines in the presence of Charles V; river port and manufacturing centre with a large wine trade. Pop: 81 100 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Mistakes, yes – but honest ones, only for the emergence of the Coote video to reopen a very large can of worms, presenting a crisis for Webb and PGMOL.

From BBC

One day, she went to use the shower and found worms crawling out of the drain.

From Los Angeles Times

And eventually honed in on tiny pieces of genetic material or microRNAs that were essential for the worms' development.

From BBC

Further work showed this was not a process unique to worms, but was a core component of life on Earth.

From BBC

Snakes, scorpions and venomous giant worms invade the tents and have to be swept out.

From BBC