warm.html - {v. phr.} To make you feel warm or excited. * /When the Bakers came to visit on a cold night, Mr. Harmon offered them a drink to warm their blood./

warm.html - {v. phr.} To learn through persistent questioning; draw out from. * /I finally wormed out of her the reason she broke off her engagement to Larry./

warm.html - {v.} 1. To reheat cooked food. * /Mr. Jones was so late that his dinner got cold; his wife had to warm it up./ * /When the children had left for school, their mother warmed up the breakfast coffee./ 2. To become friendly or interested. * /It takes an hour or so for some children to warm up to strangers./ * /As he warmed up to his subject, Tom forgot his bashfulness./ 3. To get ready for a game or other event by exercising or practicing. * /The dancers began to warm up fifteen minutes before the performance./ * /The coach told us to warm up before entering the pool./

warm.html - {n.} A period of exercise or practice in preparation for a game or other event. * /During the warm-up the baseball players were throwing the ball around and running up and down the side of the field./ * /Before the television quiz program, there was a warm-up to prepare the contestants./

warm.html - See: BENCH WARMER.

warm.html - adj., v., & n. --adj.

1 of or at a fairly or comfortably high temperature.
2 (of clothes etc.) affording warmth (needs warm gloves).
3 a (of a person, action, feelings, etc.) sympathetic; cordial; friendly; loving (a warm welcome; has a warm heart). b enthusiastic; hearty (was warm in her praise).
4 animated, heated, excited; indignant (the dispute grew warm).
5 colloq. iron. dangerous, difficult, or hostile (met a warm reception).
6 colloq. a (of a participant in esp. a children's game of seeking) close to the object etc. sought. b near to guessing or finding out a secret.
7 (of a colour, light, etc.) reddish, pink, or yellowish, etc., suggestive of warmth.
8 Hunting (of a scent) fresh and strong.
9 a (of a person's temperament) amorous; sexually demanding. b erotic; arousing.

--v.

1 tr. a make warm (fire warms the room). b excite; make cheerful (warms the heart).
2 intr. a (often foll. by up) warm oneself at a fire etc. (warmed himself up). b (often foll. by to) become animated, enthusiastic, or sympathetic (warmed to his subject).

--n.

1 the act of warming; the state of being warmed (gave it a warm; had a nice warm by the fire).
2 the warmth of the atmosphere etc.
3 Brit. archaic a warm garment, esp. an army greatcoat.

warmed-up (US -over)
1 (of food etc.) reheated or stale.
2 stale; second-hand. warm front an advancing mass of warm air. warming-pan hist. a usu. brass container for live coals with a flat body and a long handle, used for warming a bed. warm up 1 (of an athlete, performer, etc.) prepare for a contest, performance, etc. by practising.
2 (of a room etc.) become warmer.
3 (of a person) become enthusiastic etc.
4 (of a radio, engine, etc.) reach a temperature for efficient working.
5 reheat (food). warm-up n. a period of preparatory exercise for a contest or performance. warm work 1 work etc. that makes one warm through exertion.
2 dangerous conflict etc.

warmer n. (also in comb.). warmish adj. warmly adv. warmness n. warmth n. [OE wearm f. Gmc]