warm
IPA: wˈɔrm
noun
- (colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
verb
- (transitive) To make or keep warm.
- (intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
- (transitive with to) (sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly.
- (intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
- (transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
- (transitive) To give emotional warmth to a person.
- (transitive, colloquial) To beat or spank.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scold or abuse verbally.
- (computing, transitive) To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
adjective
- Of a somewhat high temperature.
- Friendly and with affection.
- Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
- (informal) Close to a goal or correct answer.
- Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
- (figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
- (archaic) Ardent, zealous.
- (archaic, informal) Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous.
- (archaic) Requiring arduous effort.
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Examples of "warm" in Sentences
- I have seen Steve in public a few times and he is not what you call warm, friendly, and outgoing.
- We are gettiing close to the time when I can use the term warm-up, rather than moderating temperatures.
- She sat down on the hardest chair in her living room and primly crossed her legs, keeping her expression warm but closed.
- But it is possible that this could jump back over to a 3 as it's moving over what we call the warm loop current, some very warm waters.
- As the annual August spectacular neared, many assumed The Rock was simply keeping the title warm for Lesnar, who was decimating every opponent in his path, including Hulk Hogan.
- If it be summer time, the water should be used cold; if it be winter, a dash of warm must be added, so that it may be of the temperature of new milk: but do not, on any account use _very warm_ water.
- The problem here is that several years ago in Cleveland they passed a huge bond issue for school construction and they were going to divert a large part of money, a large part of it, for what they called a warm, safe and dry program.
- The problem here is that, several years ago in Cleveland, they passed a huge bond issue for school construction and they were going to divert a large part of money -- a large part of it for what they call a warm, safe and drive program.
- And he has numerous memorabilia strewn around the room, whether it ` s a Hemingway book on his coffee table that was a gift from someone or candles that kind of create a warm, what he calls a warm glow for all of the people in the room.
- The unmeaning application of the words relaxation and bracing to warm and cold baths has much prevented the use of this grateful stimulus; and the misuse of the term warm-bath, when applied to baths colder than the body, as to those of Buxton and Matlock, and to artificial baths of less than 90 degrees of heat, which ought to be termed cold ones, has contributed to mislead the unwary in their application.
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