Worm-eaten
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Worm-eaten is an adjective meaning Of fruit or other food, eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside.
Meaning
Of fruit or other food, eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside.
More Meanings
- (figuratively, by extension) Rotten or decrepit.
Example Sentences
Once upon a time there was a lad, who went along a road cracking nuts. He happened to find one which was worm-eaten, and shortly afterwards he met the devil.
The wooden jetty on the East Pier had become worm-eaten and was demolished, but the Admiralty lent an old hulk to serve as a rough-and-ready packet facility.
Synonyms for worm-eaten
Depending on context, synonyms include maggoty, wormridden, worn, vermiculate, wormy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wormy, vermiculate, worn, vermiculose, vermiparous, vermiform.
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