advance vs worm

advance

verb
  • To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully. 

  • To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. 

  • To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten. 

  • To make progress; to do well, to succeed. 

  • To move forwards; to approach. 

  • To help the progress of (something); to further. 

  • To move forward in time; to progress towards completion. 

  • To raise or increase (a price, rate). 

  • To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend. 

  • To increase (a number or amount). 

  • To make a higher bid at an auction. 

  • To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose. 

adj
  • Completed before necessary or a milestone event. 

  • Preceding. 

  • Forward. 

noun
  • A forward move; improvement or progression. 

  • An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature. 

  • An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement. 

  • An addition to the price; rise in price or value. 

worm

verb
  • To move with one's body dragging the ground. 

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

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

  • 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). 

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

  • 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. 

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

  • To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means. 

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

  • To deworm (an animal). 

noun
  • Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless), a gigantic sea serpent, or a creature that resembles a Mongolian death worm. 

  • A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling. 

  • The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space. 

  • The spiral wire of a corkscrew. 

  • Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw. 

  • A self-replicating program that propagates through a network. 

  • A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth. 

  • A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings. 

  • More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms. 

  • A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms. 

  • An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse. 

  • The lytta. 

  • A contemptible or devious being. 

  • A dance, or dance move, in which the dancer lies on the floor and undulates the body horizontally thereby moving forwards. 

  • A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta. 

  • A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm. 

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