warm

verb

to increase the temperature of something, or to keep the temperature from decreasing, but not making it actually hot

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adjective

having a higher than average temperature
be socially welcoming, nice

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adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /wɔːm/ / /waːm/ / /wɔɹm/

adj

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

Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
“The tea is still warm.”
“This is a very warm room.”
Friendly and with affection.
“We have a warm friendship.”
Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
Close to a goal or correct answer.
“Earlier you were way off, but now you're getting warmer.”
“That was a further clue; and here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," as children say at blind-man's-buff, although, as a matter-of-fact, she had now been talking of George Miller at all.”
Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
“a warm piano sound”
Ardent, zealous.
“a warm debate, with strong words exchanged”
“Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!”
Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous.
“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.”
“Mrs. and the Miss Cathcarts began to be considered as people of some consequence in the circle in which they moved, while he gradually obtained in the city the name of a warm man.”
Requiring arduous effort.
“The circular iron platform over there is used in the task of tyring the wheels, a warm job, too, by the way.”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *warmaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *warmijaną Proto-West Germanic *warmijan Old English wierman Proto-West Germanic *warmōn Old English wearmian Middle English warmen English warm 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.

The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
“Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?”
“Sit ye down before the fire , my dear , and have a warm”

verb

To make or keep warm.
“Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.”
“enough to warm, but not enough to burn”
To become warm, to heat up.
“My socks are warming by the fire.”
“The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.”
(sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly.
“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.”
“He is warming to the idea.”
To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
“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.”
To become ardent or animated.
“The speaker warms as he proceeds.”
To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
“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.”
“Bright hopes, that erst the bosom warmed.”
To give emotional warmth to a person.
“That is just the way God tells me this book is His Word. I read it, and it warms me and gives me light.”
To beat or spank.
“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 […]”
To scold or abuse verbally.
To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
To send electronic mail from (a domain) to improve its reputation for mail sending.