Definition of "deworm" [deworm]

• To cure (an animal) of worms; worm. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Good lord deworm your dog already and make sure it stops eating your jewelry"
• "Many shelters and adoption centers vaccinate, deworm, and spay or neuter for free."
• "Majority of U.S. Cocaine Supply Cut with Veterinary Deworming Drug | Popular Science: Cocaine's a hell of a drug, and even more so when laced with another drug that's commonly used to deworm opossums."