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warm

[wawrm]

adjective, -er, -est, verb, noun

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–adjective

1.	having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.

2.	of or at a moderately high temperature; characterized by comparatively high temperature: a warm oven; a warm climate; a warm summer.

3.	having a sensation of bodily heat: to be warm from fast walking.

4.	conserving or maintaining warmth or heat: warm clothes.

5.	(of colors) suggestive of warmth; inclining toward red or orange rather than toward green or blue.

6.	characterized by or showing lively feelings, passions, emotions, sympathies, etc.: a warm heart; warm interest.

7.	strongly attached; intimate: warm friends.

8.	cordial or hearty: a warm welcome.

9.	heated, irritated, or angry: to become warm when contradicted.

10.	animated, lively, brisk, or vigorous: a warm debate.

11.	strong or fresh: a warm scent.

12.	close to something sought, as in a game.

13.	uncomfortable or unpleasant: His opponents made things so warm that he decided to quit.

14.	British Informal. well off; in easy circumstances.

–verb (used with object)

15.	to make warm; heat (often fol. by up): to warm one's hands; to warm up a room.

16.	to heat or cook (something) for reuse, as leftovers (usually fol. by over or up): to warm up yesterday's stew.

17.	to excite enthusiasm, ardor, cheerfulness, or vitality in (someone): The wine soon warmed the company.

18.	to inspire with kindly feeling; affect with lively pleasure: It warms my soul to hear you say that.

19.	to fill (a person, crowd, etc.) with strong feelings, as hatred, anger, or zeal: Restrictions had warmed the crew to the point of mutiny.

–verb (used without object)

20.	to become warm or warmer (often fol. by up): The room will warm up when the fire gets going.

21.	to become ardent, enthusiastic, animated, etc. (often fol. by up or to): The speaker quickly warmed to her subject.

22.	to grow kindly, friendly, or sympathetically disposed (often fol. by to or toward): My heart warms toward him.

–noun

23.	Informal. a warming: Sit by the fire and have a nice warm.

—Verb phrases

24.	warm down, to conclude or follow a period of strenuous physical exercise by walking or gentle stretching.

25.

warm up,

a.	to prepare for a game, sports contest, dance, etc., by moderate exercise or practice beforehand.

b.	to increase in excitement, intensity, violence, etc.: The racial situation was warming up.

c.	to become friendlier or more receptive: No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't warm up to that proposal.

d.	Radio and Television. to entertain (an audience) prior to a broadcast to increase receptiveness.

—Idiom

26.	warm the bench, Sports. to serve as a substitute who rarely plays in a game: The young outfielder warmed the bench for the Yankees last season.

Origin:
bef. 900; (adj.) ME werm, warm, OE wearm; c. G warm, ON varmr; (v.) ME warmen, wermen, OE werman, wirman (transit.), wearmian (intransit.), both akin to the adj.; (n.) deriv. of the v.

Related forms:

warmer, noun

warmish, adjective

warmly, adverb

warmness, noun

Synonyms:
1. lukewarm, tepid, heated. 6. hearty, enthusiastic, fervent, fervid, emotional, ardent. 7. friendly, close. 8. fervent. 9. annoyed, vexed, irate, furious. 10. vehement. 17. animate, excite, waken, stir, rouse, arouse.

Antonyms:
1–3, 5, 8. cool.

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warm (wôrm)

adj. warm·er, warm·est

Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot: a warm climate.
Having the natural heat of living beings: a warm body.
Preserving or imparting heat: a warm overcoat.
Having or causing a sensation of unusually high body heat, as from exercise or hard work; overheated.
Marked by enthusiasm; ardent: warm support.
Characterized by liveliness, excitement, or disagreement; heated: a warm debate.
Marked by or revealing friendliness or sincerity; cordial: warm greetings.
Loving; passionate: a warm embrace.
Excitable, impetuous, or quick to be aroused: a warm temper.
Predominantly red or yellow in tone: a warm sunset.
Recently made; fresh: a warm trail.
Close to discovering, guessing, or finding something, as in certain games.
Informal Uncomfortable because of danger or annoyance: Things are warm for the bookies.

v. warmed, warm·ing, warms

v. tr.

To raise slightly in temperature; make warm: warmed the rolls a bit more; warm up the house.
To make zealous or ardent; enliven.
To fill with pleasant emotions: We were warmed by the sight of home.

v. intr.

To become warm: The rolls are warming in the oven.
To become ardent, enthusiastic, or animated: began to warm to the subject.
To become kindly disposed or friendly: She felt the audience warming to her.

n. Informal
A warming or heating.
Phrasal Verb(s):
warm up

To prepare for an athletic event by exercising, stretching, or practicing for a short time beforehand.
To make or become ready for an event or operation.
To make more enthusiastic, excited, or animated.
To approach a state of confrontation or violence.

[Middle English, from Old English wearm.]
warm'er n., warm'ish adj., warm'ly adv., warm'ness n.

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Warm

Warm\, a. [Compar. Warmer; superl. Warmest.] [AS. wearm; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. warm, Icel. varmr, Sw. & Dan. varm, Goth. warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lith. virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. gharma heat, OL. formus warm. ???, ???.]

1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. "Whose blood is warm within." --Shak.

Warm and still is the summer night. --Longfellow.

2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.

3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.

4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.

Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! --Milton.

Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. --Pope.

They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad? mouths at. --Addison.

I had been none of the warmest of partisans. --Hawthor??.

5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.

Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't. --Dryden.

6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. [Colloq.]

Warm householders, every one of them. --W. Irving.

You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him. --Goldsmith.

7. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [Colloq.]

Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," ?? children say at blindman's buff. --Black.

8. (Paint.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.

Syn: Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.

Warm

Warm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Warming.] [AS. wearmian. See Warm, a.]

1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.

Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself. --Isa. xliv 15

Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. --Longfellow.

2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.

I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings. --Pope.

Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. --Keble.

Warm

Warm\, v. i. [AS. wearmian.]

1. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.

There shall not be a coal to warm at. --Isa. xlvii. 14.

2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speake? warms as he proceeds.

Warm

Warm\, n. The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. [Colloq.] --Dickens.

Language Translation for : warm

Spanish: de temperatura adecuada; caliente, caluroso; templado; cálido,

German: warm,

Japanese: 暖い

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warm (adj.)

O.E. wearm, from P.Gmc. *warmaz (cf. O.S., O.Fris., M.Du., O.H.G., Ger. warm, O.N. varmr, Goth. warmjan "to warm"), from PIE *ghworm-/*ghwerm- (cf. Skt. gharmah "heat;" O.Pers. Garmapada-, name of the fourth month, corresponding to June/July, from garma- "heat;" Arm. jerm "warm;" Gk. thermos "warm;" L. formus "warm," fornax "oven;" O.Ir. fogeir "heated;" Hitt. war- "to burn"). The root also may be connected to that of O.C.S. goriti "to burn," varu "heat," variti "to cook, boil;" and Lith. verdu "to seethe." The distinction, based on degree of heat, between "warm" and "hot" is general in Balto-Slavic and Gmc., but in other languages one word often covers both (cf. L. calidus, Gk. thermos, Fr. chaud, Sp. caliente). In ref. to feelings, etc., attested from c.1480. Sense in guessing games first recorded 1860, from earlier hunting use in reference to scent or trail (1713). Warm-blooded in ref. to mammals is recorded from 1793. Warm-hearted first recorded c.1500.

warm (v.)

O.E. wyrman "make warm" and wearmian "become warm;" from the root of warm (adj.). Phrase warm the bench is sports jargon first recorded 1907. Warm up (v.) "exercise before an activity" is attested from 1868. In ref. to appliances, motors, etc., attested from 1947. Noun phrase warm-up "act or practice of warming up" is recorded from 1915.

warm

In addition to the idioms beginning with warm, also see cold hands, warm heart; look like death (warmed over).

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