Warm
[wɔːm] or [wɔrm]
Definition
(verb.) make warm or warmer; 'The blanket will warm you'.
(verb.) get warm or warmer; 'The soup warmed slowly on the stove'.
(adj.) of a seeker; near to the object sought; 'you're getting warm'; 'hot on the trail' .
(adj.) uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble; 'made things warm for the bookies' .
(adj.) characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement; 'a warm debate' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) psychologically warm; friendly and responsive; 'a warm greeting'; 'a warm personality'; 'warm support' .
(adj.) (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows; 'warm reds and yellows and orange' .
Typist: Phil--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
(superl.) Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
(superl.) Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
(superl.) Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.
(superl.) Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.
(superl.) Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.
(superl.) In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.
(superl.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.
(a.) To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.
(a.) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
(v. i.) To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.
(v. i.) To become ardent or animated; as, the speake/ warms as he proceeds.
(n.) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Not cold.[2]. Sunny, mild, genial, pleasant.[3]. Close, muggy, oppressive.[4]. Zealous, ardent, fervent, earnest, fervid, glowing, enthusiastic, hearty.[5]. Excited, lively, vehement, passionate, furious, violent, fiery.[6]. [Colloquial.] Rich, wealthy, forehanded, well off.
v. a. [1]. Heat (moderately), make warm.[2]. Animate, excite, rouse, waken, stir up.
Typist: Randall
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Blood-warm, thermal, genial, irascible, hot, ardent, affectionate, fervid, fervent,fiery, glowing, enthusiastic, zealous, eager, excited, Interested, animated
ANT:Frigid, cold, tepid, starved, indifferent, cool, unexcited, passionless
Typist: Nadine
Definition
adj. having moderate heat hot: subject to heat: zealous: easily excited: violent: enthusiastic: intimate close: fresh of a scent: (coll.) comfortable well-off: (coll.) indelicate.—v.t. to make warm: to interest: to excite: (coll.) to beat.—v.i. to become warm or ardent.—n. (coll.) a heating.—adj. Warm′-blood′ed having warm blood: generous passionate.—n. War′mer.—adj. Warm′-heart′ed having warm affections: affectionate: hearty.—ns. Warm′-heart′edness; War′ming act of warming: (slang) a beating; War′ming-pan a covered pan with a long handle for holding live-coals to warm a bed: a person put into a situation to hold it till another is able to take it.—adv. Warm′ly.—ns. Warm′ness; Warmth moderate heat: geniality: earnestness moderate or growing anger: the bright effect of warm colours.—Warm colours (paint.) colours of which the basis is yellow or red.
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Examples
- Perhaps you had better go after my friends at once, because the weather is warm, and I can not 'keep' long. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His warm regard, his kind expressions, his confidential treatment, touched her strongly. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Still, said Maurice pertinently, the sun is still below the eastern side of the mountain, yet the air is quite warm. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She thought the praise not warm enough, and proceeded to direct attention to the various decorative points of her attire. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We were speaking the other day, you know, of his being so warm an admirer of her performance. Jane Austen. Emma.
- They begin to develop a warmer interest in their personal leaders, who secure them pay and plunder. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If a lump of melting ice is placed in the vessel of hot water and then removed, the ice will not be warmer than before, but there will be less of it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It's a cold ride from London, ma'am; and I always find that spirits comes home warmer to the feelings. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It may grow into a warmer feeling. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The peerage may have warmer worshippers and faithfuller believers than Mr. Tulkinghorn, after all, if everything were known. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A hob was the flat part of the open hearth where water and spirits were warmed; and the small table, at which people sat when so engaged, was called a nob. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He walked to the fireplace and warmed himself, humming the fag end of a tune in a rich convivial bass voice. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Blind as he was, smiles played over his face, joy dawned on his forehead: his lineaments softened and warmed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She was a little confused from time to time when he looked at her, or spoke to her; but she never warmed towards him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Eustacia, warmed with an inner fire, could not wait for her companions after this. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They thought much more of alighting at the convent door, and warming themselves at the convent fire. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- No one could remember it without gaining faith in the mystery, without the soul's warming with new, deep life-truSt. And Gerald! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Why, gentlemen, who _does _trouble himself about a warming-pan? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Now I think of it, says Mr. Bucket, warming his hands and looking pleasantly at the blaze, she went out walking the very night of this business. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The drink in his stomach warmed him and his feet were warming now climbing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was the prettiest and most luxurious little sitting-room I had ever seen; and I admired it with the warmest enthusiasm. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Confide some other passion to me, if you will; I will be the truest, warmest, and most faithful friend you have. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I assure you that I have heard the news with the warmest interest and satisfaction. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Emma listened with the warmest concern; grieved for her more and more, and looked around eager to discover some way of being useful. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Raymond recognized her; and his manner changed from polite beneficence to the warmest protestations of kindness and sympathy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The tint is pleasing, and warms up the landscape. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The heat given out by the condensing steam passes into the surrounding air and warms the room. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Every day, uncontrolled fire wipes out human lives and destroys vast amounts of property; every day, fire, controlled and regulated in stove and furnace, cooks our food and warms our houses. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If we believe, that fire warms, or water refreshes, it is only because it costs us too much pains to think otherwise. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Checker: Raymond