"worm-eaten" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more worm-eaten [comparative], most worm-eaten [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} worm-eaten (comparative more worm-eaten, superlative most worm-eaten)
  1. Of fruit or other food, eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside. Translations (eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside): червясал (červjasal) (Bulgarian), červivý [masculine] (Czech), wormstekig (Dutch), teigneux (French), véreux [masculine] (French), wurmstichig (english: fruit) (German), madig (english: cheese) [usually] [meat, meats, food, lifestyle] (German), bacato [masculine] (Italian), құрттаған (qūrttağan) (Kazakh), vermiculatus (Latin), agusanado (Spanish), gusaniento [masculine] (Spanish), gusanoso [masculine] (Spanish), maskäten (Swedish), viereus [masculine] (Walloon), moloné [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-worm-eaten-en-adj-ovIhHS7c Disambiguation of 'eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside': 98 2
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Rotten or decrepit. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-worm-eaten-en-adj-xUf7gLED Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maggoty, wormridden

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