plural of worm
"The garden was teeming with worms after the heavy rain."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of worm
"The earthworm burrows deep into the garden soil every spring."
In plain English: To worm means to move through something narrow and tight by twisting your body back and forth.
"The old man's eyes wormed their way through her lie until she admitted the truth."
A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
"During our trip to Worms, we visited the famous cathedral and the historic Romanesque gatehouse."
The name Worms comes from an ancient Gaulish place name that likely referred to a sacred spring dedicated to the Celtic god Borvo. Despite its modern association with small creatures, this city's name has nothing to do with worms and instead traces back to early Germanic settlers adopting the Latinized form of that original location.