[{"word":"worming","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We wormed our way through the underbrush."},{"definition":"To move with one's body dragging the ground.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To work one's way by artful or devious means.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He wormed his way into the organization"},{"definition":"To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(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).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way."},{"definition":"To deworm (an animal).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which an animal is wormed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The tendency of certain yarn or thread to bunch up after being woven.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/worm","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/worming"]}]