{
    "term": "worm",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a long, thin creature with a soft body and no bones or legs",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "birds looking for worms"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Worms burrow down through the soil."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Insects, worms, etc."],
            "collocations": {
                "worm + verb": ["burrow", "crawl", "wriggle"],
                "worm + noun": ["cast"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "long, thin creatures that live inside the bodies of humans or animals and can cause illness",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The dog has worms."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Insects, worms, etc."]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the young form of an insect when it looks like a short worm",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This apple is full of worms."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Insects, worms, etc."]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a computer program that is a type of virus and that spreads across a network by copying itself",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a person you do not like or respect, especially because they have a weak character and do not behave well towards other people",
            "labels": "(informal, disapproving)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you open up a can of worms, you start doing something that will cause a lot of problems and be very difficult",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the person who takes the opportunity to do something before other people will have an advantage over them",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who is normally quiet and does not complain will protest when the situation becomes too hard to bear",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɜːm/",
                "audio": "wo/worm/worm__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɜːrm/",
                "audio": "wo/worm/worm__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wyrm (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Latin vermis ‘worm’ and Greek rhomox ‘woodworm’."
}