wormed Meaning

verb

Arrastrarse

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

Examples :

"We wormed our way through the underbrush."

Nos arrastramos por la maleza.

verb

Arrastrarse, reptar

To move with one's body dragging the ground.

Examples :

"The toddler, frustrated that he couldn't reach his toy car under the couch, wormed his way forward on his belly, trying to grab it. "

El niño pequeño, frustrado porque no podía alcanzar su coche de juguete debajo del sofá, se arrastró hacia adelante sobre su vientre, tratando de agarrarlo.

body action animal

verb

Introducirse, manipular

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

Examples :

"The student wormed his way into the front of the line by subtly flattering the teacher. "

El estudiante se introdujo al frente de la fila halagando sutilmente al profesor.

character action mind attitude

verb

Insinuarse, meterse

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

Examples :

"He wormed his way into the organization"

Se metió en la organización.

action way character attitude

verb

Extraer, sonsacar

To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out.

Examples :

"The manipulative coworker wormed his way out of the unpleasant task by subtly shifting the blame onto someone else. "

El compañero de trabajo manipulador se sonsacó de la tarea desagradable al desviar sutilmente la culpa hacia otra persona.

action way process

verb

Sacar, sonsacar

(in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).

Examples :

"She carefully wormed the truth about the broken vase out of her younger brother by promising him extra playtime. "

Ella sacó cuidadosamente la verdad sobre el jarrón roto de su hermano menor prometiéndole tiempo de juego extra.

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verb

Rellenar

To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.

Examples :

"Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way."

Rellena y empaqueta con la hebra; gira y sirve al otro lado.

nautical sailing technical

verb

Desparasitar

To deworm (an animal).

Examples :

"The vet wormed my puppy during his check-up to keep him healthy. "

El veterinario desparasitó a mi cachorro durante su revisión para mantenerlo sano.

animal medicine organism

verb

Cortar el gusano, o lytta, de debajo de la lengua de (un perro, etc.) con el propósito de controlar la disposición a roer

To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.

Examples :

""Years ago, before rabies vaccines were common, a farmer might have wormed his dog, believing it would prevent the animal from becoming mad and biting." "

Hace años, antes de que las vacunas contra la rabia fueran comunes, un granjero podría haber cortado el gusano a su perro, creyendo que evitaría que el animal se volviera loco y mordiera.

animal medicine anatomy

verb

Limpiar por medio de un sacatrapos; extraer una taco o cartucho de un arma de fuego

To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.

Examples :

"The shooter wormed the jammed cartridge from his rifle, clearing the malfunction. "

El tirador extrajo el cartucho atascado de su rifle con un sacatrapos, solucionando el fallo.

animal medicine weapon military

adjective

Afectado por la carcoma

Affected with woodworm.

Examples :

"The old wooden chair, riddled with tiny holes, looked thoroughly wormed. "

La vieja silla de madera, llena de agujeros diminutos, parecía completamente afectada por la carcoma.

property insect biology

adjective

Infestado de gusanos

Infested with parasitic worms.

Examples :

"The vet discovered the puppy was badly wormed, so he gave it some medicine. "

El veterinario descubrió que el cachorro estaba gravemente infestado de gusanos, así que le dio medicina.

medicine organism animal disease biology

Meanings

Arrastrarse

Examples :

"We wormed our way through the underbrush."

Nos arrastramos por la maleza.

Arrastrarse, reptar

Examples :

"The toddler, frustrated that he couldn't reach his toy car under the couch, wormed his way forward on his belly, trying to grab it. "

El niño pequeño, frustrado porque no podía alcanzar su coche de juguete debajo del sofá, se arrastró hacia adelante sobre su vientre, tratando de agarrarlo.

Introducirse, manipular

Examples :

"The student wormed his way into the front of the line by subtly flattering the teacher. "

El estudiante se introdujo al frente de la fila halagando sutilmente al profesor.

Insinuarse, meterse

Examples :

"He wormed his way into the organization"

Se metió en la organización.

Extraer, sonsacar

Examples :

"The manipulative coworker wormed his way out of the unpleasant task by subtly shifting the blame onto someone else. "

El compañero de trabajo manipulador se sonsacó de la tarea desagradable al desviar sutilmente la culpa hacia otra persona.

Sacar, sonsacar

Examples :

"She carefully wormed the truth about the broken vase out of her younger brother by promising him extra playtime. "

Ella sacó cuidadosamente la verdad sobre el jarrón roto de su hermano menor prometiéndole tiempo de juego extra.

Rellenar

Examples :

"Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way."

Rellena y empaqueta con la hebra; gira y sirve al otro lado.

Desparasitar

Examples :

"The vet wormed my puppy during his check-up to keep him healthy. "

El veterinario desparasitó a mi cachorro durante su revisión para mantenerlo sano.

Cortar el gusano, o lytta, de debajo de la lengua de (un perro, etc.) con el propósito de controlar la disposición a roer

Examples :

""Years ago, before rabies vaccines were common, a farmer might have wormed his dog, believing it would prevent the animal from becoming mad and biting." "

Hace años, antes de que las vacunas contra la rabia fueran comunes, un granjero podría haber cortado el gusano a su perro, creyendo que evitaría que el animal se volviera loco y mordiera.

Limpiar por medio de un sacatrapos; extraer una taco o cartucho de un arma de fuego

Examples :

"The shooter wormed the jammed cartridge from his rifle, clearing the malfunction. "

El tirador extrajo el cartucho atascado de su rifle con un sacatrapos, solucionando el fallo.

Afectado por la carcoma

Examples :

"The old wooden chair, riddled with tiny holes, looked thoroughly wormed. "

La vieja silla de madera, llena de agujeros diminutos, parecía completamente afectada por la carcoma.

Infestado de gusanos

Examples :

"The vet discovered the puppy was badly wormed, so he gave it some medicine. "

El veterinario descubrió que el cachorro estaba gravemente infestado de gusanos, así que le dio medicina.

Related Words

thoroughly adverb

A fondo, completamente

malfunction noun

Mal funcionamiento, fallo

unpleasant adjective

Desagradable, antipático

repeatedly adverb

Repetidamente, varias veces

organization noun

Organización

disposition noun

Disposición, colocación

parcelling verb

Empaquetar, embalar

manipulative noun

Objeto manipulativo

frustrated verb

Frustrar, decepcionar

flattering verb

Adular, halagar

underbrush noun

Matorral, sotobosque

information noun

Información