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Warm

//wɔːm// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.

    "The tea is still warm."

  2. 2
    Friendly and with affection.

    "We have a warm friendship."

  3. 3
    Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
  4. 4
    Close to a goal or correct answer. informal

    "Earlier you were way off, but now you're getting warmer."

  5. 5
    Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
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  1. 6
    Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness. figuratively

    "a warm piano sound"

  2. 7
    Ardent, zealous. archaic

    "a warm debate, with strong words exchanged"

  3. 8
    Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous. dated, informal

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

  4. 9
    Requiring arduous effort. archaic

    "The circular iron platform over there is used in the task of tyring the wheels, a warm job, too, by the way."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of a seeker; near to the object sought wordnet
  2. 2
    uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble wordnet
  3. 3
    characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement wordnet
  4. 4
    characterized by strong enthusiasm wordnet
  5. 5
    easily aroused or excited wordnet
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  1. 6
    freshly made or left wordnet
  2. 7
    having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat wordnet
  3. 8
    psychologically warm; friendly and responsive wordnet
  4. 9
    inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows when referring to color wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    in a warm manner wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating. colloquial

    "Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?"

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or keep warm. transitive

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

  2. 2
    make warm or warmer wordnet
  3. 3
    To become warm, to heat up. intransitive

    "My socks are warming by the fire."

  4. 4
    get warm or warmer wordnet
  5. 5
    (sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly. intransitive

    "Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected."

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  1. 6
    To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly. ditransitive

    "It is with no small degree of irony that I confess that immersing myself in an interdisciplinary project has warmed me to the seductions of disciplinary perspectives."

  2. 7
    To become ardent or animated. intransitive

    "The speaker warms as he proceeds."

  3. 8
    To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven. transitive

    "1717 November 20, Alexander Pope, letter to the Bishop of Rochester there was a collection of all that had been written […] : I warmed my head with them."

  4. 9
    To give emotional warmth to a person. transitive

    "That is just the way God tells me this book is His Word. I read it, and it warms me and gives me light."

  5. 10
    To beat or spank. colloquial, transitive

    "Not bothering to turn around and not missing a mouthful, Myrtle comforted her with threats of "I'll warm your bottom"; "I'll turn you over to your dad"; "I'll lock you in the truck"; "I'll send for the bogey man" — all of which Darleen ignored […]"

  6. 11
    To scold or abuse verbally. colloquial, transitive
  7. 12
    To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users. transitive
  8. 13
    To send electronic mail from (a domain) to improve its reputation for mail sending. Internet, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English warm, werm, from Old English wearm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *wór-mo-s, from *wer- (“to burn”), or Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mo-s, from the root *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with West Frisian waarm, Saterland Frisian woorm, Dutch warm, German warm, Swedish varm, Icelandic varmur, Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós) (in which case perhaps a distant doublet of thermos), Latin formus, Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá), or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”), related to Hittite 𒉿𒊏𒀀𒉌 (warāni, “to burn”), Armenian վառել (vaṙel, “to burn, heat, warm”), Old Church Slavonic варити (variti, “to cook, boil”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English warmen, wermen, wyrmen, from Old English wierman (“to make warm”) and wearmian (“to become warm”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmijan and *warmōn. Cognate with Dutch warmen, German wärmen, Swedish värma.

Etymology 3

From Middle English warmen, wermen, wyrmen, from Old English wierman (“to make warm”) and wearmian (“to become warm”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmijan and *warmōn. Cognate with Dutch warmen, German wärmen, Swedish värma.

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