warus.html - See: COLD WAR, TUG OF WAR.

warus.html - {n.}, {informal} A person born during a war. * /War babies began to increase college enrollments early in the 1960s./ * /The war babies forced many towns to build new schools./

warus.html - {v. phr.} To deflect; avert. * /Vitamin C is known to ward off the common cold./

warus.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./

warus.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./

warus.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./