Warmer

warm  (wôrm)

adj. warm·er, warm·est

1. Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot: a warm climate.

2. Having the natural heat of living beings: a warm body.

3. Preserving or imparting heat: a warm overcoat.

4. Having or causing a sensation of unusually high body heat, as from exercise or hard work; overheated.

5. Marked by enthusiasm; ardent: warm support.

6. Characterized by liveliness, excitement, or disagreement; heated: a warm debate.

7. Marked by or revealing friendliness or sincerity; cordial: warm greetings.

8. Loving; passionate: a warm embrace.

9. Excitable, impetuous, or quick to be aroused: a warm temper.

10. Predominantly red or yellow in tone: a warm sunset.

11. Recently made; fresh: a warm trail.

12. Close to discovering, guessing, or finding something, as in certain games.

13. Informal Uncomfortable because of danger or annoyance: Things are warm for the bookies.

v. warmed, warm·ing, warms

v.tr.

1. To raise slightly in temperature; make warm: warmed the rolls a bit more; warm up the house.

2. To make zealous or ardent; enliven.

3. To fill with pleasant emotions: We were warmed by the sight of home.

v.intr.

1. To become warm: The rolls are warming in the oven.

2. To become ardent, enthusiastic, or animated: began to warm to the subject.

3. To become kindly disposed or friendly: She felt the audience warming to her.

n. Informal

A warming or heating.

Phrasal Verb:

warm up

1. To prepare for an athletic event by exercising, stretching, or practicing for a short time beforehand.

2. To make or become ready for an event or operation.

3. To make more enthusiastic, excited, or animated.

4. To approach a state of confrontation or violence.

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[Middle English, from Old English wearm.]

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warmer n.

warmish adj.

warmly adv.

warmness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

warmer - device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room heater brasier, brazier - large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times convector - a space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection defroster, deicer - heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) demister - heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" gas heater - a heater that burns gas for heat heating pad, hot pad - heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad kerosene heater, kerosine heater, oil heater, oilstove - heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking radiator - heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings solar heater - a heater that makes direct use of solar energy space heater - heater consisting of a self-contained (usually portable) unit to warm a room stove - any heating apparatus hot-water heater, hot-water tank, water heater - a heater and storage tank to supply heated water