1. any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
2. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
3. a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network;
"worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"
4. screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack