figure vs worm

figure

noun
  • Any complex dance moveᵂ. 

  • A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. 

  • A number, an amount. 

  • A drawing or diagram conveying information. 

  • A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body. 

  • A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment. 

  • The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 

  • A figure of speech. 

  • The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person. 

  • A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. 

  • A numeral. 

  • A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. 

  • Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. 

  • The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. 

  • A shape. 

verb
  • To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. 

  • To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. 

  • To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem. 

  • To enter into; to be a part of. 

  • To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon. 

  • To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. 

  • To embellish. 

  • To come to understand. 

  • To be reasonable. 

worm

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

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

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

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

  • 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). 

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