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[slightly different vowel sound: the ‘o’ in ‘worm’ rhymes with the ‘ir’ in “girl” or the ‘or’ in “world; the ‘a’ in ‘warm’ rhymes with the ‘oo’ in “door”]

“Worm”, as a noun, is ‘a long thin soft bodied animal without bones, legs and wings that live in the soil, water or even in other larger animals including humans; the larva of insects – the young of insects at a very early stage; a person who is not liked or respected by others; a kind of computer virus that destroys information on computers’; as a verb, it is ‘to move through a limited place or a large crowd slowly and carefully’,

e.g.

Slow worms are neither worms nor snakes; they are legless lizards.

The lugworm, also called sand worm, is a large marine worm.

Hookworms, roundworms/pinworms and tapeworms are some of the parasitic worms that live in the intestines of animals including people.

The naughty boy wormed his way through the hole in the fence and stole some fruit and flowers from our garden.

{“Bookworms” are not any separate worms that eat books.  It is a general name given to the larvae of any of the insects, such as silverfish or cockroach and the insects themselves that live on books.  A ‘bookworm’ (used metaphorically) is a person who likes reading books very much.  ‘WORM’ = Write Once, Read Many (times) is a CD on which information or data can be written/stored only once, but that information or data can be seen or used many times.}

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“Warm”, as an adjective, means ‘(related to the temperature/heat with ‘cool’ as the opposite word in meaning) slightly hot that is pleasant and/or comfortable; (of clothes or buildings) that keep in heat and keep out cold; (of a person) friendly, makes others feel comfortable and happy; (of colours) red, yellow and orange that make you feel happy or comfortable’; as a verb (also warm up), it is ‘to make someone or something become hot that is comfortable; to become active by doing some physical exercises before actually participating in an actual competition or fight, etc.’; as a noun, it is the opposite of cold and means ‘a place that is warm’,

e.g.

The hotel room was spacious and warm.

Grandpa feels warm and safe sitting before the fireplace in winter.

Though we were late, we had a warm welcome from the host.

The players warmed themselves up a little before going on to the field.

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