VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / worm-eaten

Thesaurus: worm-eaten

Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

eatendefinitionwormsdefinitiondamageddefinitioninfesteddefinitionwormdefinitiontimberdefinitionworn-outdefinitionworthlessdefinitionworm-shapedfamilyworm-shellfamilyworm familyneighborworm fenceneighborworm fishneighborworm gearneighborworm genusneighborworm lizardneighborworm salamanderneighborworm snakeneighborworm wheelneighborwormalneighborwormcastneighborwormedneighborwormholeneighborwormholesneighborwormianneighborWormian boneneighborwormierneighbor

Definitions

  1. a. Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.
  2. a. Worn-out; old; worthless.
  3. adj. infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
  4. s infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms