Meanings
verbdeworm (third-person singular simple present deworms, present participle deworming, simple past and past participle dewormed)
present singular third person deworms · participle present deworming · participle past dewormed · past dewormed
- transitiveTo cause (an animal) to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.
Hey, Ethel, you know it's your turn to deworm the cat?
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Germanic*wurmiz
- Proto-West Germanic*wurmi
- Old Englishwyrm
- Middle Englishworm
- Englishworm
- Englishdeworm
Translations
Finnish madottaa
- madottaato cause to excrete worms
French vermifuger, déparasiter
- vermifugerto cause to excrete worms
- déparasiterto cause to excrete worms
German entwurmen
- entwurmento cause to excrete worms
Italian sverminare
- sverminareto cause to excrete worms
Portuguese desparasitar
- desparasitarto cause to excrete worms
Spanish desparasitar
- desparasitarto cause to excrete worms
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Cite this entry
APA
deworm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deworm
MLA
“deworm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deworm. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deworm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deworm.
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