warming
noun
- (cause to) become warm
adjective
- (cause to) become warm
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːmɪŋ/ / /ˈwoɹmɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English warmyng, warmynge, from Old English wærming, wirming, equivalent to warm + -ing.
- A small rise in temperature.
- A beating; a thrashing.
“More than once had he caught me in the act and given me, as he put it, “a good warming,” with his hard hand so, however much I was tempted so to do, I steadfastly refrained.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English warminge, warmynge, from Old English wærmiġende, wermende, wyrmende, present participle of Old English wyrman, wirman (“to warm”), equivalent to warm + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of warm