"worm-eaten" meaning in English

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Adjective

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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 90 10 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maggoty, wormridden
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