warm

Plural: warms

Verb

Verb Forms: warmed, warming, warms

• To make or become moderately hot.
• get warm or warmer
  • "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"
• make warm or warmer
  • "The blanket will warm you"
• To make or keep warm.
• To become warm, to heat up.
• (sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly.
• To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
• To become ardent or animated.
• To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
• To give emotional warmth to a person.
• To beat or spank.
• To scold or abuse verbally.
• To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.

Adjective

• Having a moderate degree of heat; not cold.
• having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
  • "a warm body"
  • "a warm room"
  • "a warm climate"
  • "a warm coat"
• psychologically warm; friendly and responsive
  • "a warm greeting"
  • "a warm personality"
  • "warm support"
• (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows
  • "warm reds and yellows and orange"

Adjective Satellite

• having or displaying warmth or affection
  • "a warm embrace"
• freshly made or left
  • "a warm trail"
  • "the scent is warm"
• easily aroused or excited
  • "a warm temper"
• characterized by strong enthusiasm
  • "warm support"
• characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement
  • "a warm debate"
• uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble
  • "made things warm for the bookies"
• of a seeker; near to the object sought
  • "you're getting warm"

Adverb

• in a warm manner
  • "warmly dressed"
  • "warm-clad skiers"

Adj

• Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
• Friendly and with affection.
• Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
• Close to a goal or correct answer.
• Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
• Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
• Ardent, zealous.
• Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous.
• Requiring arduous effort.

Noun

• The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.

Examples

• A strategic play like ’WARM’ can warm up your score considerably, especially with a bonus square.
• a warm debate, with strong words exchanged
• a warm piano sound
• Earlier you were way off, but now you're getting warmer.
• He is warming to the idea.
• Her classmates are gradually warming to her.
• My socks are warming by the fire.
• Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?
• That triple word score made the atmosphere around the Scrabble board feel distinctly warm.
• The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.
• The speaker warms as he proceeds.
• The tea is still warm.
• This is a very warm room.
• We have a warm friendship.

Synonyms

affectionate, ardent, fond, lovesome, quick, strong, tender, warm up, warmly, balmy, mild, tepid, warm

Antonyms

cool, Arctic, cold, frozen

Related Words

heated, hot, steamy, temperature, tepid, WARMER, WARMEST

Anagrams of warm