Associations to the word «Earthworm»

Wiktionary

EARTHWORM, noun. A worm that lives in the ground.
EARTHWORM, noun. A worm of the Lumbricidae family, or, more generally, of the Lumbricina suborder.
EARTHWORM, noun. (figurative) A contemptible person.
EARTHWORM, noun. (figurative) Death.

Dictionary definition

EARTHWORM, noun. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats